The Kingdom of Darkness: Bayle, Newton, and the Emancipation of the European Mind from Philosophy

by Dmitri Levitin

Book Overview

In 1500, speculative philosophy lay at the heart of European intellectual life; by 1700, its role was drastically diminished. The Kingdom of Darkness tells the story of this momentous transformation. Dmitri Levitin explores the structural factors behind this change: the emancipation of natural philosophy from metaphysics; theologians' growing preference for philology over philosophy; and a new conception of the limits of the human mind derived from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110883700X
• ISBN13: 9781108837002
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 980 Pages
• Weight: 3.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.1" x 9.5"