The Dream of Reason

by Anthony Gottlieb

The author re-examines the basic assumptions of philosophical thought from the pre-Socratic philosophers to Erasmus.

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The Dream of Reason

by Anthony Gottlieb

Other books by Anthony Gottlieb

The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy by Anthony Gottlieb

Socrates by Anthony Gottlieb

Our most recommended books

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book) by Mary Shelley

The Confessions by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)

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The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy
by Anthony Gottlieb

Socrates
by Anthony Gottlieb

War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy

On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill

Middlemarch
by George Eliot

Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book)
by Mary Shelley

The Confessions
by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)