Catherine Wilson, Epicureanism at The Origins of modernity
Catherine Wilson, Epicureanism at The Origins of modernity

Summary/Abstract: The modern world is dominated by an atomistic, mechanistical and hedonistic understanding of society and man, which are expressed in doctrine of the inalienable rights of man, doctrine which is held to be the ultimate and universal and above all critic truth about humankind. But this is not the case. Though everyone knows about the human rights theory and dogma, the atomistic and hedonistic root are not acknowledged as such. Even this view about man and society has historically roots and it is important to see how this understanding and interpretation of the world have been born. The book I present shows how the modern understanding of the world has been born and shows that a materialistic-hedonistic and atomistic view build the very basis of modern society. It is important to see the sources of this change that formed the modern world, because so we can become aware why the modern policies and the modern and contemporary organization of the society and the stat is at it is.

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