The Britannica Guide to the Ideas that Made the Modern World: The People, Philosophy, and History of the EnlightenmentRobinson, 2008 - 369 Seiten A primer on the philosophers, scientists and theorists of the Enlightenment, including Newton, Locke, Hume, Voltaire and Spinoza, this is one in a series of Britannica Guides to some of the main issues of our times. |
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... means control over one by someone or something else ; it means subjection of one's will to the will of an external authority , traditionally a deity or a monarch . Of course the fact that people live in society means that they are ...
... means control over one by someone or something else ; it means subjection of one's will to the will of an external authority , traditionally a deity or a monarch . Of course the fact that people live in society means that they are ...
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... means that it is absurd to use the same principles for classifying living and non - living things . Rocks do not mate and have offspring , so the taxonomy of the mineral kingdom cannot be based on the same principles as that of the ...
... means that it is absurd to use the same principles for classifying living and non - living things . Rocks do not mate and have offspring , so the taxonomy of the mineral kingdom cannot be based on the same principles as that of the ...
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... means of war if it is not . Peace may be obtained only by means of a social contract , in which each person agrees to give up his right to attack others in return for the same concession from everyone else . And such a contract must be ...
... means of war if it is not . Peace may be obtained only by means of a social contract , in which each person agrees to give up his right to attack others in return for the same concession from everyone else . And such a contract must be ...
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A History of the Enlightenment | 1 |
The Scientific Revolution | 38 |
Man and Evolution | 79 |
Urheberrecht | |
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18th century A. C. Grayling aesthetic argued authority Bacon became Britannica Burke civil Claude-Adrien Helvétius concept constitution contemporary criticism d'Alembert David Hume Declaration Deism Deist Denis Diderot Descartes Diderot economic Edinburgh elected Émile Encyclopédie England English Essay established Europe experience force France freedom French historical Enlightenment Hobbes human nature Hume ideas important individual influence intellectual Isaac Newton Jacobin Club Jean-Jacques Rousseau John Locke judgement Kant knowledge labour later Leibniz liberal liberty Locke's London mathematics ment metaphysics method mind modern moral motion Newton object Paine Paris Parliament philosopher physical political Principia principles Prussia published reason reform religion religious René Descartes Revolution revolutionary Robespierre Rousseau Royal scientific Scottish Scottish Enlightenment sense Smith social society Spinoza theory Thomas Thomas Paine thought tion Treatise truth universe utilitarian Voltaire Wealth of Nations Wilkes writings wrote