The Enlightenment of sympathy [electronic resource] : reflective sentimentalism in the eighteenth century and today /
by Frazer, Michael L.
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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199866687 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Political science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century | Enlightenment | Sentimentalism -- Political aspects -- History -- 18th century | Emotions (Philosophy) -- History -- 18th century | Ethics, Modern -- 18th century | Reason -- History -- 18th centuryOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Rationalists, the most famous of whom was Kant, posited a mind that was hierarchically arranged, with reason sitting atop of the passions. Yet as Michael Frazer argues, there were in fact two enlightenments - the sentimentalist enlightenment and the rationalist one - and this book reclaims the importance of the former.
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Rationalists, the most famous of whom was Kant, posited a mind that was hierarchically arranged, with reason sitting atop of the passions. Yet as Michael Frazer argues, there were in fact two enlightenments - the sentimentalist enlightenment and the rationalist one - and this book reclaims the importance of the former.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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