X-Men: Misfits, Volume 1
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X-Men: Misfits, Volume 1 by Raina Telgemeier
The essays in this volume pose the question common usage has obscured: was the Enlightenment truly enlightened or enlightening? Scholarly investigation has sometimes avoided the question by confining itself to historical particulars of 18th-century Europe. Yet the most visible proponents of the Enlightenment, the philosophers, insisted that their project originated a century earlier, in the writings of the first self-proclaimed modern philosophers. This volume seeks philosophical clarity of modernity's enlightenment by beginning with Bacon, Descartes and Hobbes. Consideration of Pascal, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hume, Roussea, Lessing and Kant - all philosophical critics, or reformers, of the Enlightenment - furthers the study of its legacy by displaying its diversity. Finally, the book indicates the Enlightenment's vitality by outlining ways it continues to hold philosophical sway in this century. The contributors discuss several themes pertaining to the ambition of Enlightenment reason: justice, tradition and authority; the mastery of nature; metaphysics and scientific method; enlightened and unenlightened dogmatism; the utilitarian revision of the common good and the commonly true; Christianity and the limits of enlightened theology; theodicy; aesthetics and political rhetoric; myth, history and human freedom.Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery is written and illustrated by Dave Roman, a two-time New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. Roman has authored comics and manga for X-Men and The Last Airbender, as well as contributing stories to the Flight series. He and his wife, Raina Telgemeier, live in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780345505149 |
| ISBN 10 | 034550514X |
| Title | X-Men: Misfits, Volume 1 |
| Author | Raina Telgemeier |
| Series | X-Men: Misfits |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2009-08-11 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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