Download or read book The Soft Underbelly of Reason written by Stephen Gaukroger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of the essays in this collection, written by the most respected academics in their fields, provides both an insightful and valuable understanding on the different views of the passions in the Seventeenth Century.