The Victory of Reason
Book description
Many books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of the world by the end of the Middle Ages. The most common explanations cite the West’s superior geography, commerce, and technology. Completely overlooked is the fact that…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Victory of Reason as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book argues that Christianity provided the foundation for reason which led to the beginnings of science. It makes the case that Christianity alone embraced logic and deductive thinking as the basis for freedom and progress and is responsible for the most significant intellectual, political, scientific, and economic breakthroughs of the past millennium.
Additionally, it is a very well-written book, which is usually not the case for academic works.
From Joseph's list on scholarship on sociology and the Christian religion.
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