{"product_id":"heretics-the-wondrous-and-dangerous-beginnings-of-modern-philosophy-paperback","title":"Heretics!: The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Nadler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBen Nadler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining, enlightening, and humorous graphic narrative of the dangerous thinkers who laid the foundation of modern thought\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis entertaining and enlightening graphic narrative tells the exciting story of the seventeenth-century thinkers who challenged authority--sometimes risking excommunication, prison, and even death--to lay the foundations of modern philosophy and science and help usher in a new world. With masterful storytelling and color illustrations, \u003ci\u003eHeretics!\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique introduction to the birth of modern thought in comics form--smart, charming, and often funny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese contentious and controversial philosophers--from Galileo and Descartes to Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Newton--fundamentally changed the way we look at the world, society, and ourselves, overturning everything from the idea that the Earth is the center of the cosmos to the notion that kings have a divine right to rule. More devoted to reason than to faith, these thinkers defended scandalous new views of nature, religion, politics, knowledge, and the human mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeretics!\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of their ideas, lives, and times in a vivid new way. Crisscrossing Europe as it follows them in their travels and exiles, the narrative describes their meetings and clashes with each other--as well as their confrontations with religious and royal authority. It recounts key moments in the history of modern philosophy, including the burning of Giordano Bruno for heresy, Galileo's house arrest for defending Copernicanism, Descartes's proclaiming \u003ci\u003ecogito ergo sum\u003c\/i\u003e, Hobbes's vision of the \"nasty and brutish\" state of nature, and Spinoza's shocking \u003ci\u003eTheological-Political Treatise\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant account of one of the most brilliant periods in philosophy, \u003ci\u003eHeretics!\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how a group of brave thinkers used reason and evidence to triumph over the authority of religion, royalty, and antiquity.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With its engaging, playful graphics, \u003ci\u003eHeretics!\u003c\/i\u003e combines narrative immediacy, intimacy, and warmth, reminding us that philosophy and history are alive, and bringing abstract and complex ideas back down to earth--faithfully, concisely, and wittily.\"\u003cb\u003e--Ivan Brunetti, author of \u003ci\u003eCartooning: Philosophy and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The revolutionary beginnings of modern thought are brought vividly and amusingly to life in this masterful and entertaining book.\"\u003cb\u003e--Anthony Gottlieb, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Steven Nadler and Ben Nadler's graphic exploration of the thinkers of the seventeenth century is brimming with information concisely expressed, and the illustrations add an extra dimension of irreverent wit to the text, truly earning it its proud title of \u003ci\u003eHeretics!\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e--Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of \u003ci\u003ePlato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHeretics!\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of modern comic art. It will be widely read by those of any age seeking a way into the vast and many-sided transition to modern thought and life.\"\u003cb\u003e--Paul Buhle, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eWobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHeretics!\u003c\/i\u003e is very charming, with a zippy, whimsical text and attractive illustrations.\"\u003cb\u003e--Daniel Garber, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Leading historian of philosophy Steven Nadler and gifted artist Ben Nadler have created a wonderful book.\"\u003cb\u003e--Eric Schliesser, author of \u003ci\u003eSympathy: A History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Nadler\u003c\/b\u003e is the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy and Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include \u003ci\u003eSpinoza: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Koret Jewish Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eRembrandt's Jews\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Madison. \u003cb\u003eBen Nadler\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and an illustrator. He lives in Chicago. 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