The Philosophy of the Enlightenment : Updated Edition / Ernst Cassirer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassirer, Ernst, Author.

Contributor:

Gay, Peter.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment.

Philosophy, Modern--18th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 366 pages)

Edition:

First Princeton classic edition

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

In this classic work of intellectual history, Ernst Cassirer provides both a cogent synthesis and a penetrating analysis of one of history's greatest intellectual epochs: the Enlightenment. Arguing that there was a common foundation beneath the diverse strands of thought of this period, he shows how Enlightenment philosophers drew upon the ideas of the preceding centuries even while radically transforming them to fit the modern world. In Cassirer's view, the Enlightenment liberated philosophy from the realm of pure thought and restored it to its true place as an active and creative force through which knowledge of the world is achieved. In a new foreword, Peter Gay considers The Philosophy of the Enlightenment in the context in which it was written--Germany in 1932, on the precipice of the Nazi seizure of power and one of the greatest assaults on the ideals of the Enlightenment. He also argues that Cassirer's work remains a trenchant defense against enemies of the Enlightenment in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD / Gay, Peter

PREFACE

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

CHAPTER I. The Mind of the Enlightenment

CHAPTER II. Nature and Natural Science

CHAPTER III. Psychology and Epistemology

CHAPTER IV. Religion

CHAPTER V. The Conquest of the Historical World

CHAPTER VI. Law, State, and Society

CHAPTER VII. Fundamental Problems of Aesthetics

INDEX

Notes:

Originaltitel: Die Philosophie der Aufklärung

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

9781400833634

1400833639

OCLC:

759093582