An Age of Crisis: Man and World in Eighteenth Century French Thought
Author:   Lester G. Crocker
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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Pages:   518
Publication Date:   26 January 2020
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Author:   Lester G. Crocker
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9781421433899


ISBN 10:   1421433893
Pages:   518
Publication Date:   26 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Prefatory Notes Part I: Man in the Universe Chapter 1. Man's Relation to God Chapter 2. The Problem of Evil Chapter 3. Man's Place Part II: Freedom and Determinism Chapter 4. The Activity of the Mind Chapter 5. Freedom of Indifference. Intuition Chapter 6. The Moral Consequences Part III: Human Nature and Motivation Chapter 7. The Theory of Human Nature Chapter 8. Man's Detractors Chapter 9. Reason and the Passions Chapter 10. Forms and Values of Self-Interest (1) Chapter 11. Forms and Values of Self-Interest (2): Approbation, Esteem, and Pride Chapter 12. Man's Goodness Chapter 13. Ethics and Christianity Chapter 14. Human Nature in the Novel Culminations Bibliography Index

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Lester G. Crocker (1912-2002) was a professor of History at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Virginia. He specialized in French literature and Enlightenment philosophy. He is also the author of Nature and Culture: Ethical Thought in the French Enlightenment, Rousseau's Social Contract: An Interpretive Essay, and Diderot's Chaotic Order: Approach and Synthesis.

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