Carl L. Becker's "The Heavenly City Of The Eighteenth-Century Philosophers"

Abstract: 5 pages in length. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of Carl Becker's (2003) argument pertaining to eighteenth-century philosophers and their misguided understanding of their role in perpetuating medieval philosophies rather than those that reflected modern thought. Main points include examining how philosophes supported the very same beliefs as the Christians they toiled to have discredited for their convictions, providing evidentiary support for the argument's validity by citing numerous instances where this interpretive discrepancy is demonstrated during the Enlightenment, the reinforcement his evidence provides the argument, as well as the influences that guided his line of reasoning. No additional sources cited.

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Catagory: Philosophy Of Religion, God'S Existence & Freewill

Subcatagory: Philosophy

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