02800oam 2200673 a 450 991082248530332120240506033826.0979-84-00-64642-31-282-42031-397866124203130-313-34244-X10.5040/9798400646423(CKB)1000000000765815(EBL)497259(OCoLC)742332689(SSID)ssj0000147832(PQKBManifestationID)11135097(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147832(PQKBWorkID)10017042(PQKB)10653507(Au-PeEL)EBL497259(CaPaEBR)ebr10323724(MiAaPQ)EBC497259(DLC)BP9798400646423BC(EXLCZ)99100000000076581520240214e20082024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Enlightenment /Ronald S. Love1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2008.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (252 p.)Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900,1538-442XDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-34243-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-203) and index.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.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, sciGreenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900.EnlightenmentEnlightenment.940.2/5Love Ronald S.1955-2008.1675302DLCDLCBTCTABAKERC#PBWXYDXCPDLCBOOK9910822485303321The Enlightenment4040653UNINA