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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... France. and the Netherlands — Isaac Newton,]ohn Locke. David Hume, Voltaire. Spinoza — asked questions we still debate: What is society? How do we know if something is truth, or not? What are man's obligations to his fellow? Where do we ...
... France. and the Netherlands — Isaac Newton,]ohn Locke. David Hume, Voltaire. Spinoza — asked questions we still debate: What is society? How do we know if something is truth, or not? What are man's obligations to his fellow? Where do we ...
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... France, but which spilt across geographical and temporal borders, in particular westward towards England, Scotland, and North America (in which latter place it received its fullest contemporary realisation), and backward into the ...
... France, but which spilt across geographical and temporal borders, in particular westward towards England, Scotland, and North America (in which latter place it received its fullest contemporary realisation), and backward into the ...
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... France was a form of secularism, but secularism in its neutral meaning of separation of church and state does not have quite the same overtones of hostility. In the historical Enlightenment one major target of freeing the mind of man ...
... France was a form of secularism, but secularism in its neutral meaning of separation of church and state does not have quite the same overtones of hostility. In the historical Enlightenment one major target of freeing the mind of man ...
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... France (1675±9) is studded with notes on botany, zoology, medicine, weather, instruments of all kinds, and statistics, especially those concerned with prices and taxes. It is a telling introduction to the world of the Enlightenment, in ...
... France (1675±9) is studded with notes on botany, zoology, medicine, weather, instruments of all kinds, and statistics, especially those concerned with prices and taxes. It is a telling introduction to the world of the Enlightenment, in ...
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... France, and other refugees, as well as simply those who sought a relatively open society ± combined to create a climate singularly favourable to enterprise and creativity. It was pervaded by a scientific spirit. Pieter de Hooch's search ...
... France, and other refugees, as well as simply those who sought a relatively open society ± combined to create a climate singularly favourable to enterprise and creativity. It was pervaded by a scientific spirit. Pieter de Hooch's search ...
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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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