The Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment: 1690–1805
by:
Thomas Ahnert (author)
In the European Enlightenments it was often argued that moral conduct rather than adherence to certain theological doctrines was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this characteristically “enlightened” emphasis on conduct in religion was less reliant on arguments from...
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In the European Enlightenments it was often argued that moral conduct rather than adherence to certain theological doctrines was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this characteristically “enlightened” emphasis on conduct in religion was less reliant on arguments from reason alone than is commonly believed. In fact, the champions of the Scottis
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780300153804 (0300153805)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History