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Autore |
Love Ronald S. <1955-2008.> |
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Titolo |
The Enlightenment [[electronic resource] /] / Ronald S. Love |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-42031-3 |
9786612420313 |
0-313-34244-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Collana |
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Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900, , 1538-442X |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Enlightenment |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-203) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Historical overview : preliminaries, principles, and preconceptions -- Science and the triumph of reason : Newton, Locke, and a new philosophy -- The philosophes, the church, and Christianity -- The philosophes, political thought, and enlightened despotism -- The alternative vision of Montesquieu and Rousseau. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of the few self-named historical movements, the Enlightenment in 18th-Century Europe was a powerful intellectual reaction to the dominance of absolutist monarchies and religious authorities. Building upon the discoveries of the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment thinkers--philosophes--set out to improve humanity through reason, knowledge, and experience of the natural world rather than religious doctrine or moral absolutes. Their emphasis on truth through observable phenomena set the standard of thought for the modern age, deeply influencing the areas of government, the modern state, sci |
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