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Author Hunter, Ian, 1949-

Title Rival enlightenments : civil and metaphysical philosophy in early modern Germany / Ian Hunter
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 398 pages)
Series Ideas in context
Ideas in context
Contents pt. I. Rival Enlightenments. 1. University metaphysics. 2. Civil philosophy -- pt. II. Civil and Metaphysical Philosophy. 3. Leibniz's political metaphysics. 4. Pufendorf's civil philosophy. 5. Thomasius and the desacralisation of politics. 6. Kant and the preservation of metaphysics. Postscript: The kingdom of truth and the civil kingdom
Summary Rival Enlightenments is a major reinterpretation of early modern German intellectual history. Ian Hunter treats the civil philosophy of Pufendorf and Thomasius and the metaphysical philosophy of Leibniz and Kant as rival intellectual cultures or paideiai. Combining careful scholarship with vivid polemic, Hunter presents insights for philosophers and historians alike
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-391) and index
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Subject Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694.
Thomasius, Christian, 1655-1728.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
SUBJECT Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 fast
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 fast
Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694 fast
Thomasius, Christian, 1655-1728 fast
Thomasius, Christian. swd
Kant, Immanuel. swd
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm. swd
Pufendorf, Samuel von. swd
Subject Philosophy, German -- History
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophy, German
Philosophie
Metafysica.
Filozofia -- historia -- Niemcy -- 17-18 w.
Polityka -- filozofia -- historia -- Niemcy -- 17-18 w.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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