Character, Self, And Sociability In

By Thomas, Manning, Susan., Susan Manning, Thomas Ahnert, Ahnert, Thomas Ahnert, Susan Manning (Eds.)

"This book is about Enlightenment ideas of "character." It argues for their central importance in eighteenth-century thought and culture. The scope of this volume extends well beyond the confines o...

The Moral Culture Of The Scottish Enlightenment: 1690–1805

By Thomas Ahnert

In the Enlightenment it was often argued that moral conduct, rather than adherence to theological doctrine, was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this “enlightened” em...

Essays On Church, State, And Politics

By Ian Hunter, Frank Grunert, Christian Thomasius, Thomas Ahnert

The essays selected here for translation derive largely from Thomasius’s work on Staatskirchenrecht, or the political jurisprudence of church law. These works, originating as disputations, theses,...

Religion And The Origins Of The German Enlightenment: Faith And The Reform Of Learning In The Thought Of Christian Thomasius (Rochester Studies In Philosophy) (Volume 12)

By Thomas Ahnert

The Enlightenment continues to be associated with the secularization and de-Christianization of intellectual culture in the West. And yet, religious thought played a far greater role in the emergen...

Character, Self, And Sociability In The Scottish Enlightenment

By T. Ahnert, Thomas Ahnert, Thomas Ahnert, Susan Manning (Eds.)

An Interdisciplinary Examination Of The Enlightenment Character And Its Broader Significance. Whilst the Main Focus Of The Book Is The Scottish Enlightenment, Contributors Also Employ A Transatlant...

The Moral Culture Of The Scottish Enlightenment: 1690–1805

By Thomas Ahnert

In the Enlightenment it was often argued that moral conduct, rather than adherence to theological doctrine, was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this “enlightened” em...

Essays On Church, State, And Politics

By Ian Hunter, Frank Grunert, Christian Thomasius, Thomas Ahnert

The works found in Essays on Church, State, and Politics, which originated as disputations, theses, and pamphlets, were direct interventions in the unresolved issue of the political role of religio...

Religion and Origins of the German Enlightenment

By Thomas Ahnert

Character Self and Sociability in the Scottish Enlightenment

By Thomas Ahnert, Susan Manning

Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment

By Thomas Ahnert