The Philosophy of the Enlightenment (Classic Editions)
by:
Peter Gay (author)
Ernst Cassirer (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780691143347 (069114334X)
Publish date: August 30th 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages no: 392
Edition language: English
Cassirer argued that the Enlightenment needs to be understood in terms of depth, not breadth and unity of ideas.He also offers an important reminder that our contemporary use of the term "reason" is far more limited than what Enlightenment thinkers meant when they discussed the concept.