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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... aware more of disintegration than of progress or of theories demolished than of truths established. This was true even within the expanding field of the physical sciences. To gauge the mood of. A HISTORY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 7.
... aware more of disintegration than of progress or of theories demolished than of truths established. This was true even within the expanding field of the physical sciences. To gauge the mood of. A HISTORY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT 7.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. field of the physical sciences. To gauge the mood of the world of intellect and fashion, of French Salons or of such institutions as the Royal Society, it is essential to ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. field of the physical sciences. To gauge the mood of the world of intellect and fashion, of French Salons or of such institutions as the Royal Society, it is essential to ...
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... Physical and Literary, published intermittently from 1754. Henry Home, later Lord Kames, who helped reinvigorate the society, begins the first of these published papers (``Of the Laws of Motion'') in a way that provides a manifesto-like ...
... Physical and Literary, published intermittently from 1754. Henry Home, later Lord Kames, who helped reinvigorate the society, begins the first of these published papers (``Of the Laws of Motion'') in a way that provides a manifesto-like ...
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... physical optics. In mechanics, his three laws of motion, the basic principles of modern physics, resulted in the formulation of the law of universal gravitation. In mathematics, he was one of the original discoverers of the ...
... physical optics. In mechanics, his three laws of motion, the basic principles of modern physics, resulted in the formulation of the law of universal gravitation. In mathematics, he was one of the original discoverers of the ...
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... physical events ± all movements and interactions of bodies ± result from secondary causes, that is, from bodies colliding with each other. God stands merely for the unifor- mity and consistency of the laws of nature. The Cartesian ...
... physical events ± all movements and interactions of bodies ± result from secondary causes, that is, from bodies colliding with each other. God stands merely for the unifor- mity and consistency of the laws of nature. The Cartesian ...
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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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