The Enlightenment

The Science of Freedom

Volume:2

28 February 1996

Peter Gay (Author)

Description

The second volume of Peter Gay's in-depth study of the dawn of the modern world—the Age of Reason.

The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.

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Paperback

9780393313666

140 x 208 mm • 746 pages

£31.50

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