The Wars of Truth
With this book I bring to a close the studies begun in The 'Dignity of Man.' Since the present work is a thematic and chronological extension of, if not precisely a sequel to, its predecessor, a common title might have served for both; however, here my subject is the deterioration, or at least the radical mutation, of the idea whose development I earlier tried to trace. More specifically, I am here concerned with the traditional and the emerging concepts of 'truth'--theological, scientific, political, and other--whose collision generated such heat and even such light in the age of Milton. I have tried to describe, at least in broad terms, the…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-59752-890-0
- EAN: 9781597528900
- Produktnummer: 2621537
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 404 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.1 cm 507 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 507
Über den Autor
Herschel C. Baker (b. 1914) taught at Harvard University. Among his publications are 'The Dignity of Man: Studies in the Persistence of an Idea' and 'The Race of Time: Three Lectures on Renaissance Historiography.'
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