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The Enlightenment, Volume 2: The Science of Freedom

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The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation of the Enlightenment of the philosophes begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In that book, Mr. Gray analyzed the struggle in qhich the philosophes pitted classical pagan thought against their Christian heritage. In the present book, which can be read independently as a social history of the Enlightenment, he describes the philosophes' environment, their program, their views of progress, of science, of art, of society, and of politics. He explains the complex relantionship an interaction between the two Enlightenments—the philosophic movement and the environment from which the philosophes drew ideas and support. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.

Language: English

Pages: 705

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Release: February 17, 1996

ISBN: 0393313662

ISBN 13: 9780393313666

The Enlightenment, Volume 2: The Science of Freedom

4/5 ( ratings)

The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation of the Enlightenment of the philosophes begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In that book, Mr. Gray analyzed the struggle in qhich the philosophes pitted classical pagan thought against their Christian heritage. In the present book, which can be read independently as a social history of the Enlightenment, he describes the philosophes' environment, their program, their views of progress, of science, of art, of society, and of politics. He explains the complex relantionship an interaction between the two Enlightenments—the philosophic movement and the environment from which the philosophes drew ideas and support. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.

Language: English

Pages: 705

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Release: February 17, 1996

ISBN: 0393313662

ISBN 13: 9780393313666

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