The Making of the Modern Mind
A Survey of the Intellectual Background of the Present Age
Published on 22. November 1976
Book
Paperback/Softback
696 pages
978-0-231-04143-0 (ISBN)
Description
Surveys main currents in Western thought through eight centuries.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Weight
780 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-04143-0 (9780231041430)
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John Herman Randall, Jr., is Frederick J. E. Woodbridge Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Columbia University. He is the author of many works in philosophy and intellectual history, among them Aristotle, The Career of Philosophy, Vols. I and II, How Philosophy Uses its Past, Nature and Historical Experience and Philosophy After Darwin: Chapters for The Career of Philosophy, Volume III, and Other Essays, all published by Columbia University Press.
Content
Introduction Book I The Intellectual Outlook of Medieval Christendom Chapter I. The Coming of Age of the Western Peoples. Chapter II. The World as the Scene of the Drama of Salvation Chapter III. The Chief End of Man-The Enjoyment of Eternal Life Chapter IV. The Embodiment-The City of God Chapter V. The Embodiment-Lay Society Book II The New world of the Renaissance Chapter VI. The New Interests of the Modern Age-The Natural Man Chapter VII. The Religious Reaction-The Revolt from the Medieval Church Chapter VIII. The Revolt from Feudalism and a Unified Christendom Chapter IX. The New Interests of the Modern Age-The World of Nature Chapter X. The New Scene of Human Life Book III The Order of Nature-The Development of Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Chapter XI. The Newtonian World-Machine Chapter XII. The Religion of Reason Chapter XIII. The Sciences of Man-The Sciences of Human Nature and of Business Chapter XIV. The Science of Man-The Science of Government Chapter XV. The Mortality of Reasonableness-Humanitarianism Book IV The Growing World-Thought and Aspiration in the Last Hundred Years Chapter XVI. The Romantic Protest Against the Age of Reason Chapter XVII. The Conflict of Social Ideals to 1848 Chapter XVIII The World Conceived as a Process of Growth and Evolution Chapter XIX. The Science of Man in the Growing World Chapter XX. Religion in the Growing World Chapter XXI. Philosophic Reactions to the Growing World of Mechanism and Naturalism Chapter XXII. Social Ideals in the Growing World