The Enlightenment

The Rise of Modern Paganism

Volume:1

4 October 1995

Peter Gay (Author)

Description

The eighteenth-century Enlightenment marks the beginning of the modern age, when the scientific method and belief in reason and progress came to hold sway over the Western world.

In the twentieth century, however, the Enlightenment has often been judged harshly for its apparently simplistic optimism. Now a master historian goes back to the sources to give a fully rounded account of its true accomplishments.

Reviews

"Extraordinary and brilliant." — R. R. Palmer, Journal of Modern History

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9780393313024

140 x 208 mm • 590 pages

£29.99

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