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Surveys main currents in Western thought through eight centuries.

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Introduction Book I The Intellectual Outlook of Medieval Christendom Chapter I. The Coming of Age of the Western Peoples. Chapter II. The World as the Scene of the Drama of Salvation Chapter III. The Chief End of Man-The Enjoyment of Eternal Life Chapter IV. The Embodiment-The City of God Chapter V. The Embodiment-Lay Society Book II The New world of the Renaissance Chapter VI. The New Interests of the Modern Age-The Natural Man Chapter VII. The Religious Reaction-The Revolt from the Medieval Church Chapter VIII. The Revolt from Feudalism and a Unified Christendom Chapter IX. The New Interests of the Modern Age-The World of Nature Chapter X. The New Scene of Human Life Book III The Order of Nature-The Development of Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Chapter XI. The Newtonian World-Machine Chapter XII. The Religion of Reason Chapter XIII. The Sciences of Man-The Sciences of Human Nature and of Business Chapter XIV. The Science of Man-The Science of Government Chapter XV. The Mortality of Reasonableness-Humanitarianism Book IV The Growing World-Thought and Aspiration in the Last Hundred Years Chapter XVI. The Romantic Protest Against the Age of Reason Chapter XVII. The Conflict of Social Ideals to 1848 Chapter XVIII The World Conceived as a Process of Growth and Evolution Chapter XIX. The Science of Man in the Growing World Chapter XX. Religion in the Growing World Chapter XXI. Philosophic Reactions to the Growing World of Mechanism and Naturalism Chapter XXII. Social Ideals in the Growing World

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 22/11/1976
      ISBN13: 9780231041430, 978-0231041430
      ISBN10: 0231041438
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Surveys main currents in Western thought through eight centuries.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Book I The Intellectual Outlook of Medieval Christendom Chapter I. The Coming of Age of the Western Peoples. Chapter II. The World as the Scene of the Drama of Salvation Chapter III. The Chief End of Man-The Enjoyment of Eternal Life Chapter IV. The Embodiment-The City of God Chapter V. The Embodiment-Lay Society Book II The New world of the Renaissance Chapter VI. The New Interests of the Modern Age-The Natural Man Chapter VII. The Religious Reaction-The Revolt from the Medieval Church Chapter VIII. The Revolt from Feudalism and a Unified Christendom Chapter IX. The New Interests of the Modern Age-The World of Nature Chapter X. The New Scene of Human Life Book III The Order of Nature-The Development of Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Chapter XI. The Newtonian World-Machine Chapter XII. The Religion of Reason Chapter XIII. The Sciences of Man-The Sciences of Human Nature and of Business Chapter XIV. The Science of Man-The Science of Government Chapter XV. The Mortality of Reasonableness-Humanitarianism Book IV The Growing World-Thought and Aspiration in the Last Hundred Years Chapter XVI. The Romantic Protest Against the Age of Reason Chapter XVII. The Conflict of Social Ideals to 1848 Chapter XVIII The World Conceived as a Process of Growth and Evolution Chapter XIX. The Science of Man in the Growing World Chapter XX. Religion in the Growing World Chapter XXI. Philosophic Reactions to the Growing World of Mechanism and Naturalism Chapter XXII. Social Ideals in the Growing World

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