General & Miscellaneous British Philosophy, Philosophy of Science - General & Miscellaneous, Descartes & 17th Century French Philosophy, Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous, 19th Century German Philosophy, Science, Philosophy of, Civilization - General &
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Overview
This book explores the character of modernity through a consideration of Bacon, Descartes, and Nietzsche. It argues that Bacon and Descartes, in their positive claims for science, played the fundamental role in the development of the modern world view; that they used the Platonic art of dissimulative writing as the means to achieve their ends by making their revolutionary aims appear compatible with Christianity; and that Nietzsche understood both their ends and their means and set out to ground an antimodern world view.Book Details
Published
September 6, 1995
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1993.
Pages
492
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780300065107