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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... argued that each individual, in seeking his own good, contributed to the general good. Laws, being man-made, should be changed so as to be more useful. The spirit of the Enlightenment is well conveyed by his suggestion that experimental ...
... argued that each individual, in seeking his own good, contributed to the general good. Laws, being man-made, should be changed so as to be more useful. The spirit of the Enlightenment is well conveyed by his suggestion that experimental ...
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... argued that the introduction of property had destroyed the golden age of man. In England, William Godwin, following Holbach in obeisance to reason, condemned not only property but even the state of marriage: according to Godwin, man ...
... argued that the introduction of property had destroyed the golden age of man. In England, William Godwin, following Holbach in obeisance to reason, condemned not only property but even the state of marriage: according to Godwin, man ...
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... argued, emanated from the Sun and pushed the planets around in their orbits, but he was never able to quantify this rather vague and unsatisfactory idea. New. Philosophies. By the end of the first quarter of the 17th century Aristotelian ...
... argued, emanated from the Sun and pushed the planets around in their orbits, but he was never able to quantify this rather vague and unsatisfactory idea. New. Philosophies. By the end of the first quarter of the 17th century Aristotelian ...
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... argued, remain in motion in a straight line unless and until they are deflected from this line by the impact of another body. All changes of motion are the result of such impacts. Hence, the ball falls at the foot of the mast because ...
... argued, remain in motion in a straight line unless and until they are deflected from this line by the impact of another body. All changes of motion are the result of such impacts. Hence, the ball falls at the foot of the mast because ...
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... argued, lay in the inadequate treatment of the general propositions from which the deductions were made. Either they were the result of precipitate generalization from one or two cases, or they were uncritically assumed to be self ...
... argued, lay in the inadequate treatment of the general propositions from which the deductions were made. Either they were the result of precipitate generalization from one or two cases, or they were uncritically assumed to be self ...
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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18th century Academy aesthetic argued authority Bacon became Bentham body Burke cause civil concept constitution contemporary criticism culture d'Alembert David Hume declared Deist Denis Diderot Descartes Diderot EÂmile economic elected EncyclopeÂdie England English Essay established ethics Europe experience force France freedom French French Revolution historical Enlightenment Hobbes Hume ideas Immanuel Kant important individual influence intellectual Jacobin Club Jean-Jacques Rousseau John Locke judgement Kant knowledge labour later Leibniz liberal liberty Locke Locke's London mathematics ment metaphysics method mind modern moral motion Newton Newtonian object Paine Paris Parliament philosopher physical physiocrats political Principia principles produced published reason reform religion religious Revolution revolutionary Robert Boyle Robespierre Rousseau Royal scientific Scottish Scottish Enlightenment sense Shaftesbury Smith social society Spinoza theory Thomas Thomas Paine thought tion Treatise universal utilitarian Voltaire Wealth of Nations Wilkes writings wrote