Sparks of reason
vernacular rationalism in the Low Countries 1550-1670
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL60780461M
- ISBN-139789087045159
- ISBN-109087045158
- OCLC Control Number917507467
Classifications
- LCCBL2765.N4 B98 2015
Description
Throughout the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, the Low Countries were home to a vibrant tradition of lay philosophy in Dutch. During this turbulent century, several authors, such as Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert (1522-1590) and Hendrik Laurensz Spiegel (1549-1612), developed an ethics which was founded on rationality and self-motivation. This 'vernacular rationalism' was a dynamic melting pot of classical philosophy, vernacular humanism, intellectual spiritualism and popular piety. Vernacular rationalism was rooted in an age-old Netherlandish tradition and was to become one of the breeding grounds for the early Enlightenment in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Its point of departure was the inherent goodness of humankind and the possibility of moral growth through rational knowledge. Its goal was perfect happiness.
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Series Statement
- Bibliotheca dissidentium Neerlandicorum
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