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Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas/Archives Internationales D'Historie DES Idees. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 581.
This book studies the complementary features of the thought of David Hume and Edward Gibbon in the complete range of its confrontation with eighteenth-century Christianity. The ten chapters explore the iconoclasm of these two philosophical historians - Hume as the premier philosopher, Gibbon as the consummate historian - as they labored to `naturalize' the study of Christianity, particularly with attention to its social and political dimensions. No other work deals as comprehensively or thoroughly with the attempt of philosophical history's challenge to Christianity. Belief in miracles and the afterlife, the dimensions ... Read more
This book studies the complementary features of the thought of David Hume and Edward Gibbon in the complete range of its confrontation with eighteenth-century Christianity. The ten chapters explore the iconoclasm of these two philosophical historians - Hume as the premier philosopher, Gibbon as the consummate historian - as they labored to `naturalize' the study of Christianity, particularly with attention to its social and political dimensions. No other work deals as comprehensively or thoroughly with the attempt of philosophical history's challenge to Christianity. Belief in miracles and the afterlife, the dimensions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
International Archives of the History of Ideas/Archives Internationales D'Historie DES Idees
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048149339
SKU
V9789048149339
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