The Modern Project to Rigor
Descartes to Nietzsche
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University Press of America
Published:23rd Dec '85
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Building on the works of Popkin, Gilson, Fackenheim, and Kaufmann, the author expands the scope of what can be treated by the hypothesis of skepticism or pursuit of rigor in the modern world.
...a very useful, thoughtful reflection woven out of a single threading theme: that Descartes' project to defeat the sceptic initiates a relentless pursuit of reason-as-rigor, wherein this reason impregnated with the seeds of suspicion (Descartes' malin genie) increasingly threatens the very freedom that launched the 'modern project to rigor.' What is especially praiseworthy is the author's success in displaying, with broad brush strokes, accented by occasional detail, a vital lineage between Descartes and Nietzsche. * Review of Metaphysics *
...a very useful, thoughtful reflection woven out of a single threading theme: that Descartes' project to defeat the sceptic initiates a relentless pursuit of reason-as-rigor, wherein this reason impregnated with the seeds of suspicion (Descartes' malin genie) increasingly threatens the very freedom that launched the 'modern project to rigor.' What is especially praiseworthy is the author's success in displaying, with broad brush strokes, accented by occasional detail, a vital lineage between Descartes and Nietzsche. * Review of Metaphysics *
ISBN: 9780819150806
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
Weight: 454g
224 pages