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- catalog abstract ""In Descartes as a Moral Thinker, Steiner examines this tension between the "angelic" aspirations in Descartes's Christian commitments and the "earthly" or technological aspirations reflected in his endeavor to use reason to ground scientific practice. Steiner provides a close analysis of all Descartes's texts and correspondence that bear on morality. By placing Descartes's work in historical context, Steiner demonstrates Descartes's indebtedness not only to Galileo and Bacon in developing his conception of autonomous human reason but also to Augustine and Aquinas in conceptualizing the human condition and the role of belief in God. Providing a detailed survey of German, French, and English scholarship on Descartes, Steiner concludes with an in-depth examination of contemporary debates about secularization, nihilism, and modernity in such thinkers as Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Hans Blumenberg, and Karl Lowith. Steiner shows how Descartes's own ambivalence about the relation between faith and reason can shed light on contemporary controversies regarding what Blumenberg calls "the legitimacy of the modern age.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13327766.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In Descartes as a Moral Thinker, Steiner examines this tension between the "angelic" aspirations in Descartes's Christian commitments and the "earthly" or technological aspirations reflected in his endeavor to use reason to ground scientific practice. Steiner provides a close analysis of all Descartes's texts and correspondence that bear on morality. By placing Descartes's work in historical context, Steiner demonstrates Descartes's indebtedness not only to Galileo and Bacon in developing his conception of autonomous human reason but also to Augustine and Aquinas in conceptualizing the human condition and the role of belief in God. Providing a detailed survey of German, French, and English scholarship on Descartes, Steiner concludes with an in-depth examination of contemporary debates about secularization, nihilism, and modernity in such thinkers as Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Hans Blumenberg, and Karl Lowith. Steiner shows how Descartes's own ambivalence about the relation between faith and reason can shed light on contemporary controversies regarding what Blumenberg calls "the legitimacy of the modern age.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Descartes's moral ideal : between Thomism and deontology -- Christianity and Descartes's angelic ideal -- Descartes's earthly moraltiy -- The mastery of nature -- Descartes and the problem of nihilism.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-348) and index.".
- catalog extent "352 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Descartes as a moral thinker.".
- catalog identifier "1591022126 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Descartes as a moral thinker.".
- catalog isPartOf "JHP books series".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books,".
- catalog relation "Descartes as a moral thinker.".
- catalog subject "170/.92 22".
- catalog subject "B1878.E7 S74 2004".
- catalog subject "Descartes, René, 1596-1650 Ethics.".
- catalog subject "Descartes, René, 1596-1650.".
- catalog subject "Ethics, Modern 17th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Descartes's moral ideal : between Thomism and deontology -- Christianity and Descartes's angelic ideal -- Descartes's earthly moraltiy -- The mastery of nature -- Descartes and the problem of nihilism.".
- catalog title "Descartes as a moral thinker : Christianity, technology, nihilism / Gary Steiner.".
- catalog type "text".