The Dream of Enlightenment [electronic resource] : The Rise of Modern Philosophy
Anthony Gottlieb2016
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'This is a blast of fresh air' Jonathan Clark, TLS
'Thank goodness for Gottlieb' Daily Telegraph
'A joy to read' Economist
The author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of
modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau
Western philosophy is now two and a half millennia old, but much of it came in
just two staccato bursts, each lasting only about 150 years. In his landmark
survey of Western philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance, The Dream of
Reason, Anthony Gottlieb documented the first of these, which came in the Athens
of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Now, in The Dream of Enlightenment, Gottlieb
expertly navigates the second great explosion of thought, taking us to northern
Europe in the wake of its wars of religion and the rise of Galilean science. In
a relatively short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French
Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their
mark. The Dream of Enlightenm...
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Author:
Anthony Gottlieb, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (320 pages,)
Audience:
General/trade
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141944395
Language:
English
BRN:
436153
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