Book contents
- The Kingdom of Darkness
- The Kingdom of Darkness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- General Prologue
- Part I Giving Up Philosophy
- Part II Pierre Bayle and the Emancipation of Religion from Philosophy
- Part III Isaac Newton and the Emancipation of Natural Philosophy from Metaphysics
- Part IV The European System of Knowledge, c.1700 and Beyond
- IV Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
IV - Conclusion
from Part IV - The European System of Knowledge, c.1700 and Beyond
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2022
- The Kingdom of Darkness
- The Kingdom of Darkness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- General Prologue
- Part I Giving Up Philosophy
- Part II Pierre Bayle and the Emancipation of Religion from Philosophy
- Part III Isaac Newton and the Emancipation of Natural Philosophy from Metaphysics
- Part IV The European System of Knowledge, c.1700 and Beyond
- IV Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter summarises the argument of the book. It also discusses the consequences of the dwindling status of speculative philosophy for the European system of knowledge in the eighteenth century and beyond.
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- The Kingdom of DarknessBayle, Newton, and the Emancipation of the European Mind from Philosophy, pp. 819 - 852Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022