Scepticism in the Enlightenment
Scepticism in the Enlightenment

Author: R.H. Popkin

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 9401589534

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Starting with Richard Popkin's essay of 1963, `Scepticism in the Enlightenment', a new investigation into philosophical scepticism of the period was launched. The late Giorgio Tonelli and the late Ezequiel de Olaso examined in great detail the kinds of scepticism developed during the Enlightenment, and the kind of answer to scepticism that was developed by Leibniz. Their original researches and interpretations are of great value and importance. As a result of their work Popkin modified his original claims, as shown in the last two articles in this volume. The book contains an introduction by Popkin and 10 essays, two of which have never been published before. This collection should be of interest to students and scholars of 18th century thought in England, France and Germany.

Burning Books
Burning Books

Author: M. Fishburn

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-05-21

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0230583660

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This provocative new work examines the years between the Nazi book fires and the publication of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953), a period when book burning captured the popular imagination. It explores how embedded the myths of book burning have become in our cultural history, and illustrates the enduring appeal of a great cleansing bonfire.

The Huguenots
The Huguenots

Author: Samuel Smiles

Publisher:

Published: 2017-04-21

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9783337002855

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The Huguenots - Their Settlements, Churches, and Industries in England and Ireland. Sixth Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Cosmos & Culture
Cosmos & Culture

Author: Steven J. Dick

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13:

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From GPO Bookstore's Website: Authors with diverse backgrounds in science, history, anthropology, and more, consider culture in the context of the cosmos. How does our knowledge of cosmic evolution affect terrestrial culture? Conversely, how does our knowledge of cultural evolution affect our thinking about possible cultures in the cosmos? Are life, mind, and culture of fundamental significance to the grand story of the cosmos that has generated its own self-understanding through science, rational reasoning, and mathematics? Book includes bibliographical references and an index.

Philanthropy in England
Philanthropy in England

Author: W. K. Jordan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-17

Total Pages: 956

ISBN-13: 1317850874

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In these works Professor Jordan studies the origins of modern social and cultural institutions in England. He is concerned with the momentous shift which occurred in men's aspirations for their society in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as reflected in the charities which were established by gifts and bequests. In a fascinating account of the measures taken by the Tudors and Stuarts to deal with the problem of poverty, Jordan concludes that it was principally dealt relieved by an immense outpouring of charitable wealth.

A History of the Western Educational Experience
A History of the Western Educational Experience

Author: Gerald L. Gutek

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 1994-12-14

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 1478630108

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This comprehensive volume examines the impact on education of such momentous world events as the ascendancy of neo-Conservatism, the collapse of the Soviet system, the end of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, and the resurgence of ethnonationalism. It creates an historical perspective by identifying and analyzing the significant formative ideas and institutions that have shaped the Western educational heritage.