The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason - Charles Freeman
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A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine’s adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization.
When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD, he changed the course of European history in ways that continue to have repercussions to the present day. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, he 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, whether that of the Bible, or the writings of Ptolemy in astronomy and of Galen and Hippocrates in medicine. Only a thousand years later, with the advent of 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. Brilliantly wide-ranging and ambitious, this is a major work of history.
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This post has 6 comments with rating of 5/5
September 4th, 2023
Thank you Goomer.
September 4th, 2023
I apologize MojoYugen for my mistaken attribution.
Thank you for this book and the many other thought provoking and informative books you have provided over the years.
September 4th, 2023
The epub is greatly appreciated as well.
September 4th, 2023
With the Re-Opening of the Western Mind as Sequel, also by Charles Freeman. Goes well with Catherine Nixey’s The Darkening Age. Also Radical Enlightenment by Jonathan Israel.
September 4th, 2023
This is a work of immense scholarship, and has some wonderful gobbets in it; but I’m unconvinced by the ‘Great Men’ theory of history, whether it is spun from a pluralist or an authoritarian angle.
Petrarch was onto something when he renamed the Age of the Saints ‘The Dark Ages’. But I don’t think that you can combat Christian Nationalism with a Strong Man. (The same author’s AD 381 has most of the content of this book with far less preaching).
September 4th, 2023
When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD….
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