Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason
Justin E. H. Smith • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0691178677
Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason
Justin E. H. Smith • Princeton University Press
ISBN-10: 0691178674 · ISBN-13: 978‑0691178677 · 2019
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Justin E. H. Smith explores the complex, often paradoxical relationship between human reason and its inherent tendency toward the irrational. By tracing the history of intellectual thought from antiquity to the digital age, the book argues that the quest for pure rationality frequently generates the very chaos it seeks to suppress. This scholarly investigation challenges the Enlightenment ideal, illustrating how the dark side of reason is not an external force but an essential component of human cognition.
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