Rival enlightenments : civil and metaphysical philosophy in early modern Germany / Ian Hunter.

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Hunter, Ian, 1949-

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TextSeries: Ideas in contextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 398 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511013582
9780511013584
0521792657
9780521792653
9780511490583
0511490585
9780511047107
051104710X
0511154437
9780511154430
1107121973
9781107121973
0511174497
9780511174490
9780521025492
0521025494

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rival enlightenments.DDC classification:

193 21

LOC classification:

B2535 .H86 2001eb

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08.24

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Contents:

pt. I. Rival Enlightenments. 1. University metaphysics. 2. Civil philosophy -- pt. II. Civil and Metaphysical Philosophy. 3. Leibniz's political metaphysics. 4. Pufendorf's civil philosophy. 5. Thomasius and the desacralisation of politics. 6. Kant and the preservation of metaphysics. Postscript: The kingdom of truth and the civil kingdom.

Summary: Rival Enlightenments is a major reinterpretation of early modern German intellectual history. Ian Hunter treats the civil philosophy of Pufendorf and Thomasius and the metaphysical philosophy of Leibniz and Kant as rival intellectual cultures or paideiai. Combining careful scholarship with vivid polemic, Hunter presents insights for philosophers and historians alike.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-391) and index.

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Rival Enlightenments is a major reinterpretation of early modern German intellectual history. Ian Hunter treats the civil philosophy of Pufendorf and Thomasius and the metaphysical philosophy of Leibniz and Kant as rival intellectual cultures or paideiai. Combining careful scholarship with vivid polemic, Hunter presents insights for philosophers and historians alike.

English.

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