The problem of being modern, or, The German pursuit of Enlightenment from Leibniz to the French Revolution
By: Thomas P. Saine.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Wolff, Christian, Freiherr von, 1679-1754.; Enlightenment -- Germany.; Religion and science -- Germany -- History -- 18th century.; Theodicy -- History of doctrines -- 18th century.; Germany -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Other titles: Problem of being modern; German pursuit of Enlightenment from Leibniz to the French Revolution
Description: In The Problem of Being Modern, Thomas P. Saine provides a lucid introduction to German thought in the eighteenth century and the struggle of Enlightenment philosophers and writers to come to grips with the profound philosophical and theological implications of new scientific developments since the seventeenth century.

He concentrates on those points at which the essential modernity and the secular viewpoint of the Enlightenment conflicted with traditional thought structures rooted in the religious world view that governed attitudes and behavior far into the eighteenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-359) and index.
"The present volume is a revised and expanded English version of Von der kopernikanischen bis zur Französischen Revolution"--T.p. verso.