The Enlightenment : and why it still matters /
Pagden, Anthony.
The Enlightenment : and why it still matters / Anthony Pagden. - First edition. - xx, 501 pages, : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-480) and index.
What is Enlightenment? -- All coherence gone -- Bringing pity back in -- The fatherless world -- The science of man -- Discovering man in nature -- The defense of civilization -- The great society of mankind -- The vast commonwealth of nature -- Enlightenment and its enemies.
An assessment of the Enlightenment period as an influential intellectual movement reveals how it laid the foundation of today's government, philosophy, science and society, noting the pivotal contributions of scholars ranging from Hume and Diderot to Voltaire and Rousseau.
1400060680 (alk. paper) 9781400060689 (alk. paper)
2012043848
Enlightenment.
The Enlightenment : and why it still matters / Anthony Pagden. - First edition. - xx, 501 pages, : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-480) and index.
What is Enlightenment? -- All coherence gone -- Bringing pity back in -- The fatherless world -- The science of man -- Discovering man in nature -- The defense of civilization -- The great society of mankind -- The vast commonwealth of nature -- Enlightenment and its enemies.
An assessment of the Enlightenment period as an influential intellectual movement reveals how it laid the foundation of today's government, philosophy, science and society, noting the pivotal contributions of scholars ranging from Hume and Diderot to Voltaire and Rousseau.
1400060680 (alk. paper) 9781400060689 (alk. paper)
2012043848
Enlightenment.