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050 4 _aB
100 1 _aBenn, Alfred William,
_d1843-1915
245 1 0 _aHistory of Modern Philosophy
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2010-11-11
508 _aE-text prepared by Steven Gibbs, Keith Edkins, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"History of Modern Philosophy" by Alfred William Benn is a philosophical account written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the evolution of philosophical thought from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, with a focus on key figures and their contributions to modern philosophy. The likely topic of the book encompasses an examination of major philosophical movements and the thinkers that shaped them, exploring their ideas and the historical context surrounding these developments. The opening of the book introduces the concept of the "Philosophical Renaissance," detailing the lack of significant philosophical advancement during the thousand years following the closure of the schools of Athens. Benn discusses the gradual changes in society that set the stage for a return to philosophical inquiry, influenced largely by the revival of classical thought and the innovations of the Renaissance. The text presents an overview of how the philosophical landscape transitioned from medieval dogmatism to the questioning and inquiry that characterized the modern era, indicating the roles played by Christianity, the rise of humanism, and the impact of new scientific ideas, such as Copernican astronomy, in initiating this transformation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPhilosophy, Modern -- History
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34283
999 _c75129
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