Enlightenment and action from Descartes to Kant : passionate thought / Michael Losonsky.

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Losonsky, Michael

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511018401
9780511018404
9780511498244
0511498241
1280433493
9781280433498
0511044097
9780511044090
1107123941
9781107123946
0521039789
9780521039789
0511174535
9780511174537
0511328370
9780511328374

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Enlightenment and action from Descartes to Kant.DDC classification:

128/.09/032 21

LOC classification:

B801 .L67 2001eb

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08.24

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Contents:

Introduction: the enlightened mind -- Descartes: willful thinking -- Hobbes: passionate thinking -- Locke: uneasy thinking -- Enthusiasm: inspired thinking -- Spinoza: resolute thinking -- Leibniz: trained thinking -- Conclusion: the public mind.

Review: "Kant believed that true enlightenment is the use of reason freely in public. This is the first book to trace systematically the philosophical origins and development of the idea that the improvement of human understanding requires public activity." "Michael Losonsky focuses on l7th-century discussions of the problem of irresolution and the closely connected theme of the role of volition in human belief formation. This involves a discussion of the work of Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Spinoza, and Leibniz." "Challenging the traditional views of l7th-century philosophy and written in a lucid, nontechnical language, this book will be eagerly sought out by historians of philosophy and students of the history of ideas."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and index.

"Kant believed that true enlightenment is the use of reason freely in public. This is the first book to trace systematically the philosophical origins and development of the idea that the improvement of human understanding requires public activity." "Michael Losonsky focuses on l7th-century discussions of the problem of irresolution and the closely connected theme of the role of volition in human belief formation. This involves a discussion of the work of Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Spinoza, and Leibniz." "Challenging the traditional views of l7th-century philosophy and written in a lucid, nontechnical language, this book will be eagerly sought out by historians of philosophy and students of the history of ideas."--Jacket.