The Philosophy of the Enlightenment
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780691019635 (0691019630)
Publish date: November 1st 1968
Publisher: Princeton University Press (NJ)
Pages no: 384
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.