Friedrich nietzsche, Robertson, Ritchie

Автор: Robertson, Ritchie
Название: The Enlightenment
ISBN: 0141979402 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141979403
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: The Enlightenment is the foundation of our modern world. This is now the book about it

Автор: Robertson Ritchie
Название: The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790
ISBN: 0062410652 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062410658
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A magisterial history that recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical means to achieve greater human happiness.

One of the formative periods of European and world history, the Enlightenment is the fountainhead of modern secular Western values: religious tolerance, freedom of thought, speech and the press, of rationality and evidence-based argument. Yet why, over three hundred years after it began, is the Enlightenment so profoundly misunderstood as controversial, the expression of soulless calculation? The answer may be that, to an extraordinary extent, we have accepted the account of the Enlightenment given by its conservative enemies: that enlightenment necessarily implied hostility to religion or support for an unfettered free market, or that this was "the best of all possible worlds". Ritchie Robertson goes back into the "long eighteenth century," from approximately 1680 to 1790, to reveal what this much-debated period was really about.

Robertson returns to the era's original texts to show that above all, the Enlightenment was really about increasing human happiness - in this world rather than the next - by promoting scientific inquiry and reasoned argument. In so doing Robertson chronicles the campaigns mounted by some Enlightened figures against evils like capital punishment, judicial torture, serfdom and witchcraft trials, featuring the experiences of major figures like Voltaire and Diderot alongside ordinary people who lived through this extraordinary moment.

In answering the question 'What is Enlightenment?' in 1784, Kant famously urged men and women above all to "have the courage to use your own intellect". Robertson shows how the thinkers of the Enlightenment did just that, seeking a well-rounded understanding of humanity in which reason was balanced with emotion and sensibility. Drawing on philosophy, theology, historiography and literature across the major western European languages, The Enlightenment is a master-class in big picture history about the foundational epoch of modern times.

Автор: Robertson, Ritchie
Название: Enlightenment and religion in german and austrian literature
ISBN: 1781884668 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781884669
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Автор: Robertson Ritchie
Название: Goethe: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 1684573386 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684573387
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Описание: In 1878 the Victorian critic Matthew Arnold wrote: "Goethe is the greatest poet of modern times . . . because having a very considerable gift for poetry, he was at the same time, in the width, depth, and richness of his criticism of life, by far our greatest modern man." In this Very Short Introduction Ritchie Robertson covers the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): scientist, administrator, artist, art critic, and supreme literary writer in a vast variety of genres. Looking at Goethe's poetry, novels, and drama pieces, as well as his travel writing, autobiography, and essays on art and aesthetics, Robertson analyzes some of the key themes in his works: love, nature, religion, and tragedy. Dispelling the misconception of Goethe as a sedate Victorian sage, Robertson shows how much of his art was rooted in turbulent personal conflicts, and draws on recent research to present a complete portrait of the scientific work and political activity which accompanied Goethe's writings.

Автор: Robertson Ritchie
Название: Enlightenment and Religion in German and Austrian Literature
ISBN: 178188465X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781884652
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Описание: Filled with practical tips, affirmations, meditations, energetic tools and more, It`s All Good guides us to surrender, tune into trust and ultimately achieve the peace of mind that comes from knowing we are always supported.

Автор: Robertson, Ritchie
Название: Enlightenment
ISBN: 0241004829 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241004821
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Описание: The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration, freedom of thought, scientific thought as an exemplary form of reasoning, and rationality and evidence-based argument. Others accuse the Enlightenment of putting forward a scientific rationality which ignores the complexity and variety of human beings, propagates shallow atheism, and aims to subjugate nature to so-called technical progress.

Answering the question 'what is Enlightenment?' Kant famously urged men and women above all to 'have the courage to use your own understanding'. Robertson shows how the thinkers of the Enlightenment did just that, seeking a rounded understanding of humanity in which reason was balanced with emotion and sensibility. His book goes behind the controversies about the Enlightenment to return to its original texts and to show that above all it sought to increase human happiness in this world by promoting scientific inquiry and reasoned argument.

His book overturns many received opinions - for example, that enlightenment necessarily implied hostility to religion (though it did challenge the authority traditionally assumed by the Churches). It is a master-class in 'big picture' history, about one of the foundational epochs of modern times.

Автор: Brockliss Laurence, Robertson Ritchie
Название: Isaiah Berlin and the Enlightenment
ISBN: 0198783930 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198783930
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Isaiah Berlin and the Enlightenment explores the development of Berlin`s conception of the Enlightenment, noting its indebtedness to a specific German intellectual tradition. The book examines his comments on individual writers, arguing that some assigned to the Counter-Enlightenment have closer affinities to the Enlightenment than he recognized