LEADER 02878oam 2200709 a 450 001 9910966771303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400646423 010 $a9786612420313 010 $a9781282420311 010 $a1282420313 010 $a9780313342448 010 $a031334244X 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400646423 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765815 035 $a(EBL)497259 035 $a(OCoLC)742332689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147832 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135097 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147832 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10017042 035 $a(PQKB)10653507 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL497259 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10323724 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497259 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400646423BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765815 100 $a20240214e20082024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Enlightenment /$fRonald S. Love 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2008. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing (UK),$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 1 $aGreenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900,$x1538-442X 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780313342431 311 08$a0313342431 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-203) and index. 327 $aHistorical 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. 330 $aOne of the few self-named historical movements, the Enlightenment in 18th-Century Europe was a powerful intellectual reaction to the dominance of absolutist monarchies and religious authorities. Building upon the discoveries of the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment thinkers--philosophes--set out to improve humanity through reason, knowledge, and experience of the natural world rather than religious doctrine or moral absolutes. Their emphasis on truth through observable phenomena set the standard of thought for the modern age, deeply influencing the areas of government, the modern state, sci 410 0$aGreenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900. 606 $aEnlightenment 615 0$aEnlightenment. 676 $a940.2/5 700 $aLove$b Ronald S.$f1955-2008.$01796037 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bBTCTA 801 2$bBAKER 801 2$bC#P 801 2$bBWX 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966771303321 996 $aThe Enlightenment$94337608 997 $aUNINA