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Carl Lotus Becker

Born

in Waterloo, Iowa, The United States

September 07, 1873

Died

April 10, 1945

Genre

History

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Carl Lotus Becker was an American historian. He is best known for The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers (1932), four lectures on The Enlightenment delivered at Yale University. His assertion that philosophies, in the "Age of Reason," relied far more upon Christian assumptions than they cared to admit, has been influential, but has also been much attacked,

Cornell has recognized his work as an educator by naming one of its five new residential colleges the Carl Becker House. ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 458 ratings · 63 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers 3.84 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 1932 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eve of the Revolution: A Chronicle of the Breach with England (Chronicles of America #11) by Carl Lotus Becker, Allen Johnson (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1919 — 133 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beginnings of the American People by Carl Lotus Becker, William Edward Dodd (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1915 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everyman His Own Historian: Essays on History and Politics 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1966	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Progress and Power 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1965 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern History: The Rise of a Democratic, Scientific, and Industrialized Civilization really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1931 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Political Parties in the Province of New York really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1909 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Detachment and the Writing of History: Essays and Letters of Carl L. Becker by Carl Lotus Becker, Phil L. Snyder (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1968 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What is the Good of History? Selected Letters of Carl L. Becker, 1900-1945 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like Christ by Grace: Pursuing the Prize of Christlikeness by God's Grace it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Serious thinkers are few, and the world is ruled by crude ideas.”
― Carl Lotus Becker, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers

tags: philosophy, politics, the-world, thinkers

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“All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, to make the dead perform whatever tricks it finds necessary for its own peace of mind.”
― Carl Lotus Becker, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers

tags: dishonesty, historians, history

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“Logic is something the mind has created to conceal its timidity, a hocus-pocus designed to give formal validity to conclusions we are willing to accept if everybody else in our set will too.”
― Carl Lotus Becker, The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers

tags: conformity, logic, society

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