Bibliograph

The Enlightenment, and why it still matters, Anthony Pagden

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The Enlightenment, and why it still matters, Anthony Pagden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-480) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Enlightenment

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

826456601

Responsibility statement

Anthony Pagden

Sub title

and why it still matters

Summary

An assessment of the Enlightenment period as an influential intellectual movement reveals how it laid the foundation of today's government, philosophy, science and society, noting the pivotal contributions of scholars ranging from Hume and Diderot to Voltaire and Rousseau

Table Of Contents

What is Enlightenment? -- All coherence gone -- Bringing pity back in -- The fatherless world -- The science of man -- Discovering man in nature -- The defense of civilization -- The great society of mankind -- The vast commonwealth of nature -- Enlightenment and its enemies

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