The Sovereignty of Reason: The Defense of Rationality in the Early English Enlightenment

by Frederick C. Beiser

Book Overview

The Sovereignty of Reason is a survey of the rule of faith controversy in seventeenth-century England. It examines the arguments by which reason eventually became the sovereign standard of truth in religion and politics, and how it triumphed over its rivals: Scripture, inspiration, and apostolic tradition. Frederick Beiser argues that the main threat to the authority of reason in seventeenth-century England came not only from dissident groups...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691600546
• ISBN13: 9780691600543
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"