Rationality's Edge -- Modern Western Philosophy and Its Religious Background

Author: Xu Wenjun
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: This book takes the historical development of modern Western philosophy as its main thread, discussing the religious status and influence of Western Europe after the Reformation, as well as the values of Protestantism and the spirit of modern philosophy. It focuses on exploring how the birth and development of modern philosophy were influenced by religious theology and scholasticism. At the same time, it examines how modern philosophy developed its self-awareness by critiquing religious theology and scholasticism, thereby revealing the fundamental characteristics of German classical philosophy from the 17th to the 19th century in reconciling faith and reason. The author argues that after the decline of scholasticism in Western Europe, modern philosophy, emerging as its opposite, still retains elements of Christian theology and scholasticism.