Early Modern Philosophy of Religion [electronic resource]
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
- 1 online resource (365 p.)
- The History of Western Philosophy of Religion ; Volume 3 .
- History of Western Philosophy of Religion ; Volume 3. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editorial Introduction ; Contributors ; 1. Early Modern Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction ; 2. Niccolò Machiavelli ; 3. Martin Luther ; 4. John Calvin ; 5. Michel de Montaigne ; 6. Francisco Suárez ; 7. Thomas Hobbes ; 8. René Descartes ; 9. Ralph Cudworth ; 10. Blaise Pascal ; 11. Baruch Spinoza ; 12. John Locke ; 13. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; 14. George Berkeley ; 15. Voltaire ; 16. The Deists ; 17. Jonathan Edwards ; 18. Thomas Reid ; 19. David Hume ; 20. Denis Diderot ; 21. Immanuel Kant 22. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 23. William Paley ; Chronology ; Bibliography ; Index
The early modern period in philosophy - encompassing the 16th to the 18th centuries - reflects a time of social and intellectual turmoil. The Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and the birth of the Enlightenment all contributed to the re-evaluation of reason and faith. The revolution in science and in natural philosophy swept away two millennia of Aristotelian certainty in a human-centred universe. Covering some of the most important figures in the history of Western thought - notably Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant - ""Early Modern Philosophy of Religion"" chart.