The Ideas that Made the Modern WorldEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 01.10.2008 - 408 Seiten The Ideas that made the Modern World is part of the Britannica Guide Series that offers a look into the people, philosophy, and history of the enlightenment. The Britannica Guides series offers an essential introduction to many of the key issues of our time. Clear, accurate, and meticulously researched, the series gives both background and analysis for when you need to know for sure what is really happening in the world, whether you are an expert, student, or traveler. |
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... English of 1688±9 and the French of 1789 ± but in conception it should be traced to the humanism of the Renaissance, which encouraged scholarly interest in classical texts and values. It was formed by the complementary methods of the ...
... English of 1688±9 and the French of 1789 ± but in conception it should be traced to the humanism of the Renaissance, which encouraged scholarly interest in classical texts and values. It was formed by the complementary methods of the ...
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... English poet John Donne. Early 17th-century poetry and drama abounded in expressions of confusion and dismay about the world, God, and humanity. As the new heliocentric astronomy of Copernicus and Galileo was accepted, the firm ...
... English poet John Donne. Early 17th-century poetry and drama abounded in expressions of confusion and dismay about the world, God, and humanity. As the new heliocentric astronomy of Copernicus and Galileo was accepted, the firm ...
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... English philoso- pher Francis Bacon, whose influence eventually proved as great as that of Descartes. He called for a new science, to be based on organized and collaborative experiment with a systematic recording of results. General ...
... English philoso- pher Francis Bacon, whose influence eventually proved as great as that of Descartes. He called for a new science, to be based on organized and collaborative experiment with a systematic recording of results. General ...
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... English natural philosopher who advocated a ``mechanical philosophy'' that saw the universe as a huge machine, the motion of whose parts accounted for all natural phenomena; William Harvey, the English discoverer of the true nature of ...
... English natural philosopher who advocated a ``mechanical philosophy'' that saw the universe as a huge machine, the motion of whose parts accounted for all natural phenomena; William Harvey, the English discoverer of the true nature of ...
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... English philosopher John Locke reveal the range of interests that an educated man might pursue and its value in the outcome: discrimination, shrewdness, and originality. The journal of Locke's travels in France (1675±9) is studded with ...
... English philosopher John Locke reveal the range of interests that an educated man might pursue and its value in the outcome: discrimination, shrewdness, and originality. The journal of Locke's travels in France (1675±9) is studded with ...
Inhalt
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3 Man and Evolution | 67 |
4 Culture and Education | 100 |
5 Economics and Industrial Revolution | 146 |
Enlightenment Politics | 169 |
7 Philosophy Ethics and Religion | 212 |
Thinkers Writers and Revolutionaries | 251 |
Extracts and Further Reading | 319 |
Further Reading | 355 |
Index | 357 |
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