Enlightenment and Action from Descartes to Kant: Passionate Thought

by Michael Losonsky

Book Overview

Kant believed that true enlightenment is the use of reason freely in public. This book systematicaaly traces the philosophical origins and development of the idea that the improvement of human understanding requires public activity. Michael Losonsky focuses on seventeenth-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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521039789
• ISBN13: 9780521039789
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"