Title The Enlightenment of sympathy : reflective sentimentalism in the eighteenth century and today / by Michael L. Frazer

Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource Summary Rationalists, the most famous of whom was Kant, posited a mind that was hierarchically arranged, with reason sitting atop of the passions. Yet as Michael Frazer argues, there were in fact two enlightenments - the sentimentalist enlightenment and the rationalist one - and this book reclaims the importance of the former Notes "Oxford scholarship online." Title from home page (viewed Sept. 7, 2010) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Emotions (Philosophy) -- History -- 18th century Enlightenment. Ethics, Modern -- 18th century. Political science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Reason -- History -- 18th century Sentimentalism -- Political aspects -- History -- 18th century Ethics, Modern. Enlightenment (18th-century western movement) Emotions (Philosophy) Enlightenment. Ethics, Modern. Political science. Reason. Europe. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780195390667 0195390660 9780199866687 0199866686

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