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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... intellectual temper have remained and indeed flourished as defining characteristics of modern Wes- tern societies. Democracy, commitment to regimes of human rights and civil liberties, secularism and an associated toler- ance of ...
... intellectual temper have remained and indeed flourished as defining characteristics of modern Wes- tern societies. Democracy, commitment to regimes of human rights and civil liberties, secularism and an associated toler- ance of ...
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... intellectual immaturity as the state of pupillage, of the need for guidance from another, he was also attacking the various hegemonies which keep the human mind dependent. To mature the intellect needs liberty; but that, said Kant, was ...
... intellectual immaturity as the state of pupillage, of the need for guidance from another, he was also attacking the various hegemonies which keep the human mind dependent. To mature the intellect needs liberty; but that, said Kant, was ...
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... intellectual freedom. This is the underlying tenet of today's conception of Enlight- enment values. Both facets of individual liberty are implicit: the freedom to be self-creating and self-determining in a society that respects the ...
... intellectual freedom. This is the underlying tenet of today's conception of Enlight- enment values. Both facets of individual liberty are implicit: the freedom to be self-creating and self-determining in a society that respects the ...
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... intellectual history of Europe, but it also serves to define the programmes of reform advocated by influential French writers, philosophers, and scientists, known as ``philosophes'', who were inspired by a common faith in the ...
... intellectual history of Europe, but it also serves to define the programmes of reform advocated by influential French writers, philosophers, and scientists, known as ``philosophes'', who were inspired by a common faith in the ...
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... intellectual revolution. Different kinds of learning were not then as sharply distin- guished, because of their appropriate disciplines and terminology, as they are in an age of specialization. The. Influence. of. Locke. The writings of the ...
... intellectual revolution. Different kinds of learning were not then as sharply distin- guished, because of their appropriate disciplines and terminology, as they are in an age of specialization. The. Influence. of. Locke. The writings of the ...
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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