Reason and Authority in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107635050)

Originally published in 1964, this book examines the influence of reason and authority upon English thought in the eighteenth century. The text relates these two concepts to movements in religious and political thought, beginning with Locke's views on faith and reason before going through various areas and finishing with the beginnings of Romanticism. The age of the Enlightenment is seen as constituted, on the one hand, by an attempt to relate all significant intellectual movements to reason and, on the other, an attempt to devise proper restraints on the authority of reason. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in philosophy, social and political thought, and eighteenth-century English history.

Author: Gerald R. Cragg
ISBN-10: 1107635055
ISBN-13: 9781107635050
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2013
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d