Evil in modern thought : an alternative history of philosophy / Susan Neiman.
Evil in modern thought : an alternative history of philosophy / Susan Neiman.
Evil in modern thought : an alternative history of philosophy / Susan Neiman.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2002.
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N170/207
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English
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xii, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Fire from Heaven -- God's Advocates: Leibniz and Pope -- Newton of the Mind: Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Divided Wisdom: Immanuel Kant -- Real and Rational: Hegel and Marx -- In Conclusion -- Ch. 2. Condemning the Architect -- Raw Material: Bayle's Dictionary -- Voltaire's Destinies -- The Impot...
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2002.
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New Jersey
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c2002.
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"Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For eighteenth-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as a matter of human cruelty, and Auschwitz as its extreme incarnation. Examining our understanding of evil from the Inquisition to contemporary terrorism, Susan Neiman ex...
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Evil in modern thought : an alternative history of philosophy / Susan Neiman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-343) and index.
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c2002.
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N170/207
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0691096082
9780691096087 (cloth : alk. paper)
0691096082 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780691096087
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170
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