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The Closing of the Western Mind The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason

Describes the first alliance of church and state in the fourth century, marked by the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity, and how this decision irrevocably compromised the Roman Empire's intellectual tradition of rationalism.

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  • "A radical reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity in 368 AD on the later Roman world, and on Western civilization. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, Constantine turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority. Only a thousand years later, with the Renaissance and the emergence of modern science, did Europe begin to free itself from the effects of Constantine's decision, yet the effects of his establishment of Christianity as a state religion remain with us, in many respects, today.--From publisher description."
  • "Describes the first alliance of church and state in the fourth century, marked by the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity, and how this decision irrevocably compromised the Roman Empire's intellectual tradition of rationalism."@en
  • "520 A radical reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity in 368 AD on the later Roman world, and on Western civilization. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, Constantine turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority. Only a thousand years later, with the Renaissance and the emergence of modern science, did Europe begin to free itself from the effects of Constantine's decision, yet the effects of his establishment of Christianity as a state religion remain with us, in many respects, today.--From publisher description."@en

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  • "Electronic books"
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  • "Livres électroniques"
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  • "The Closing of the Western Mind The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason"
  • "The Closing of the Western Mind The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason"@en
  • "The Closing of the Western mind : the rise of faith and the fall of reason"
  • "The closing of the Western mind : the rise of faith and the fall of reason"
  • "The closing of the Western mind : the rise of faith and the fall of reason"@en
  • "The closing of the Western mind the rise of faith and the fall of reason"
  • "The closing of the Western mind the rise of faith and the fall of reason"@en

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