Man's Ascent to Reason: The Secularization of Western Culture
Book Details
Author(s)Gerhard Falk
PublisherEdwin Mellen Pr
ISBN / ASIN0773469567
ISBN-139780773469563
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank11,322,460
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The slow ascent of Man to a life of reason is best portrayed by examining the long history of secularization which religion has provoked in every age. It is customary to assume that secular attitudes are a recent development and that religion ruled unchallenged in "the past". This is not so. Dr. Falk's book serves to show that even the most ancient writings now extant indicate that religion always had its opponents and that opposition to religion, at least in Western Civilization, was particularly strong in ancient Greece among the pre-Socratic "lovers of wisdom".

