Man’s Ascent to Reason - The Secularization of Western Culture
| Author: | Falk, Gerhard | |
| Year: | 2003 | |
| Pages: | 328 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-6956-7 978-0-7734-6956-3 | |
| Price: | $219.95 + shipping | |
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Table of Contents
Table of contents:
Preface; Introduction
1. The Rise of Science and the Ascent to Reason in Ancient Greece
2. Greece Conquers Rome
3. Reason Assails Faith: From Epicurus to Avicenna
4. Reason Precedes Faith: From Abelard to Johann Müller
5. Transition to the Renaissance and the Reformation
6. The Age of Copernicus
7. Non-Conformist Thought in England, France, the Netherlands and Germany
8. characteristics of the Enlightenment in England and France
9. Understanding Mankind
10. American Technology, sociology and Secular Humanism – the Triumph of Reason
Bibliography; Index
Preface; Introduction
1. The Rise of Science and the Ascent to Reason in Ancient Greece
2. Greece Conquers Rome
3. Reason Assails Faith: From Epicurus to Avicenna
4. Reason Precedes Faith: From Abelard to Johann Müller
5. Transition to the Renaissance and the Reformation
6. The Age of Copernicus
7. Non-Conformist Thought in England, France, the Netherlands and Germany
8. characteristics of the Enlightenment in England and France
9. Understanding Mankind
10. American Technology, sociology and Secular Humanism – the Triumph of Reason
Bibliography; Index