Shorto Russell: Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History Of The Conflict Between Faith And Reason

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Publikace: Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History Of The Conflict Between Faith And Reason - Russell Shorto. Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial philosopher to transport them back to Paris. Thus began a 350-year saga that saw Descartes' bones traverse a continent, passing between kings, philosophers, poets, and painters. But as Russell Shorto shows in this deeply engaging book, Descartes' bones also played a role in some of the most momentous episodes in history, which are also part of the philosopher's metaphorical remains: the birth of science, the rise of democracy, and the earliest debates between reason and faith. Descartes' Bones is a flesh-and-blood story about the battle between religion and rationalism that rages to this day. Publikace: Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History Of The Conflict Between Faith And Reason - Russell Shorto. "A fascinating, colorful, and very readable account of early modern ideas and personalities. Shorto has a gift for storytelling. He brings the 17th century to life while doing justice to the philosophy."--Professor Steven Nadler, author of "Rembrandt's Jews."