Author: Matthew Kadane
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2024
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 0226832899
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"What was the Enlightenment? This question has been endlessly debated. In this book, historian Matthew Kadane advances the bold claim that Enlightenment is best defined through what it set out to accomplish, which was nothing short of rethinking the meaning of human nature. Kadane argues that this project centered around the doctrine of original sin and, ultimately, its rejection, signaling the radical notion that an inherently flawed nature can be overcome by human means. Kadane explores these ambitious, wide-ranging themes through the story of the largely unknown Pentecost Barker, an eighteenth-century "purser" and wine merchant. Examining Barker's diary and correspondence with a Unitarian minister, Kadane tracks the transformation of Barker's consciousness from a Puritan to an Enlightenment outlook. In one man's conversion, Kadane tracks large-scale shifts in self-understanding whose philosophical reverberations would (and have continued to) shape debates on human nature for centuries to come"--
Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book Division
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 632
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 600
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Publisher: The Capitol Net Inc
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781587332296
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, on the Following Interesting Subjects, viz.: I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. III. Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs. IV. Of the Present Ability of America, with some Miscellaneous Reflections
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Published: 1969-02
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
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Published: 1966-06
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
Author: George Alexander Johnston
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 256
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