Skepticism in the Seventeenth Century

  1. Anita Gilman Sherman

Article first published online: 15 DEC 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2004.00048.x

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Literature Compass

Literature Compass

Volume 1, Issue 1, page **, January 2003 - December 2004

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Sherman, A. G. (2004), Skepticism in the Seventeenth Century. Literature Compass, 1: **. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2004.00048.x

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  1. Issue published online: 15 DEC 2005
  2. Article first published online: 15 DEC 2005
  3. Literature Compass 1 (2004)17C 048,1 -3

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Abstract

This short article gives a structured overview of how skepticism in the Seventeenth Century made a paradoxical contribution to science, politics and religious faith and practice – how did a philosophy distrustful of Reason ultimately lead to the that most reasoned of movements, the Enlightenment?

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