A bold retelling of the history of lying in medieval and early modern Europe
Is it ever acceptable to lie? This question plays a surprisingly important role in the story of Europe's transition from medieval to modern society. According to many historians, Europe became modern when Europeans began to lie--that is, when they began to argue that it is sometimes acceptable to lie. This popular account offers a clear trajectory of historical progression from a medieval world of faith, in which every lie is sinful, to a more worldly early modern society in which lying becomes a permissible strategy for self-defense and self-advancement. Unfortunately, this story is wrong.
For medieval and early modern Christians, the problem of the lie was the problem of human existence itself. To ask "Is it ever acceptable to lie?" was to ask how we, as sinners, should live in a fallen world. As it turns out, the answer to that question depended on who did the asking. The Devil Wins uncovers the complicated history of lying from the early days of the Catholic Church to the Enlightenment, revealing the diversity of attitudes about lying by considering the question from the perspectives of five representative voices--the Devil, God, theologians, courtiers, and women. Examining works by Augustine, Bonaventure, Martin Luther, Madeleine de Scud ry, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and a host of others, Dallas G. Denery II shows how the lie, long thought to be the source of worldly corruption, eventually became the very basis of social cohesion and peace.
Автор: Tautz Название: Reading and Seeing Ethnic Differences in the Enlightenment ISBN: 1403976414 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403976413 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book investigates the contested ways in which eighteenth-century German philosophers, scientists, poets, and dramatists perceived and represented China and Africa from 1680 to 1830.
Автор: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka Название: Reason, Spirit and the Sacral in the New Enlightenment ISBN: 940073428X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400734289 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Rationality in its various expressions and innumerable applications sustains understanding and our sense of reality. This project is enhanced by the wave of recent phenomenology/ontopoiesis of life, which reveals the workings of the logos at the root of beingness and all rationality, whereby we gaze upon the prospect of a New Enlightenment.
Автор: Rasmussen Название: The Pragmatic Enlightenment ISBN: 1107045002 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107045002 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 11405.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a study of the political theory of the Enlightenment, focusing on four leading eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire. Dennis C. Rasmussen argues that these thinkers exemplify a particularly attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition.
Автор: Forman-Barzilai Название: Adam Smith and the Circles of Sympathy ISBN: 1107402395 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107402393 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This 2010 text considers Adam Smith`s views on moral judgement, humanitarian care, commerce, justice and international law both in historical context and through a contemporary cosmopolitan lens. The result is a major contribution to Smith studies, and to the history of cosmopolitan thought and contemporary cosmopolitan discourse itself.
Автор: Schliesser Eric Название: Sympathy: A History ISBN: 0199928894 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199928897 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4750.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume offers a historical overview of some of the most significant attempts to come to grips with sympathy in Western thought from Plato to experimental economics. The contributors are leading scholars in philosophy, classics, history, economics, comparative literature, and political science.
Автор: Hanley Название: Love`s Enlightenment ISBN: 1107105226 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107105225 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 10613.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Love`s Enlightenment examines the key concepts central to today`s debates over the nature and political significance of love. It will interest both specialists in the history of philosophy and scholars in fields ranging from political science and philosophy to psychology and religion who are interested in the meaning of love today.
Автор: Stove, Irvine & Kimball Название: On Enlightenment ISBN: 1412851866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781412851862 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7195.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The idea of enlightenment entails liberty, equality, rationalism, secularism, and the connection between knowledge and well being
Автор: Boylan Название: The Extinction of Desire - A Tale of Enlightenment ISBN: 1405148497 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781405148498 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 11238.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What would you do if you suddenly became rich? Michael O`Meara had never asked himself this question.
Автор: Hisao Ishizuka Название: Fiber, Medicine, and Culture in the British Enlightenment ISBN: 1137580925 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137580924 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11878.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides a full account of the concept of fiber and fiber theory in eighteenth-century British medicine. It explores the pivotal role fiber played as a defining, underlying concept in anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, psychology, and the life sciences. With the gradual demise of ancient humoralism, the solid fibers appeared on the medical scene both as the basic building unit of the body and as a dynamic agent of life. As such, fiber stands at the heart of eighteenth-century medicine, both iatromechanism and iatro-vitalism. Touching on the cultural aspects of fiber, the Baroque, and the culture of sensibility, this book also challenges the widely held assumption that the eighteenth century was the age of the nerve and instead offers an alternative model of fiber.
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