The Depravity of Wisdom: The Protestant Reformation and the Disengagement of Knowledge from Virtue in Modern Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781138342422 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 136 str.

Mark A. Painter

Opis

First published in 1999, the primary operative thesis of the book is that the Protestant Reformation cemented into Western consciousness a conception of humanity as fundamentally depraved and thus ushered in a conception of human reason far more restricted in scope than that known to pre-reformation philosophy.

Spis treści

1. Reason, Wisdom and Depravity. 2. Outline of the Problem. 3. Language and Moral Justification. 4. Luther and the Nominalists. 5. Practical Reason. 6. The Effect of the Loss of Practical Reason. 7. Conclusion.

O autorze

Mark A. Painter