Dante's Paradiso and the Theological Origins of Modern Thought: Toward a Speculative Philosophy of Self-Reflection

by William Franke

Book Overview

Self-reflection, as the hallmark of the modern age, originates more profoundly with Dante than with Descartes. This book rewrites modern intellectual history, taking Dante's lyrical language in Paradiso as enacting a Trinitarian self-reflexivity that gives a theological spin to the birth of the modern subject already with the Troubadours. The ever more intense self-reflexivity that has led to our contemporary secular world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367714663
• ISBN13: 9780367714666
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"