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Informationen zum Autor Rémi Brague is emeritus professor of medieval and Arabic philosophy at the University of Paris I and Romano Guardini Chair Emeritus of Philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Munich). He is a member of the Institut de France and author of many books, including Curing Mad Truths: Medieval Wisdom for the Modern Age (University of Notre Dame Press, 2019). Paul Seaton is associate professor of philosophy at St. Mary's Seminary. Klappentext Remi Brague argues that with the dawn of the Enlightenment, Western society has rejected traditional theophilosphical ideas in favor of human authority and autonomy, ultimately causing the erasure of divinely ordered humanity. Zusammenfassung Remi Brague argues that with the dawn of the Enlightenment, Western society has rejected traditional theophilosphical ideas in favor of human authority and autonomy, ultimately causing the erasure of divinely ordered humanity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One: Preparation 1. The Best Of The Living Things 2. Domination 3. Three Incomplete Prefigurations 4. Metaphorical Dominations 5. The New Lord Of Creation 6. Attempts And Temptations Part Two: Deployment 7. The Formation Of The Modern Project 8. The Beginnings Of The Realization 9. The Master Is There 10. Moral Dominion 11. The Duty To Reign 12. The Iron Rod 13. The New Meaning Of Humanism 14. The Sole Lord Part Three: Failure 15. Kingdom or Waste Land? 16. Man, Humiliated 17. The Subjugated Subject 18. Man Remade 19. Man Surpassed and ... Replaced 20. Checkmate? 21. Lights Out Conclusion