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  • Paperback: 704 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (28 Mar 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140245669
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140245660
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm
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The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and natural experience, Enlightenment philosophers in Europe and America planted the seeds for modern liberalism, cultural humanism, science and technology, and laissez-faire Capitalism This volume brings together works from this era, with more than 100 selections from a range of sources. It includes examples by Kant, Diderot, Voltaire, Newton, Rousseau, Locke, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and Paine that demonstrate the pervasive impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy and epistemology as well as on political, social, and economic institutions.
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I found this book invaluable in my studies of the enlightenment period, it features a broad range of essays and articles written by figures of interest from the 18th century enlightenment period. Including Descartes' 'I Think, Therefore I am...' John Locke's 'An essay concerning human understanding' Rousseau, Liebniz, Hume, Kant, Frederick the great and many many more...
I would strongly reccomend this book if you are studying this period in history, literature or just have an interest in this time.
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