{"product_id":"heretics-the-wondrous-and-dangerous-beginnings-of-modern-philosophy-9780691168692","title":"Heretics!: The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. Follow him on Instagram at @bennadlercomics.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662216302866,"sku":"9780691168692","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11d82aa9-5510-4dc0-af57-9b05039f73a0.jpg?v=1733516918","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/heretics-the-wondrous-and-dangerous-beginnings-of-modern-philosophy-9780691168692","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}