General & Miscellaneous Philosophy, Philosophical Positions & Movements, Intellectual Movements, Renaissance & Modern Philosophy, General & Miscellaneous World History

The Enlightenment

Name: The Enlightenment
Author: Peter Gay
ISBN: 9780393313024

by Peter Gay

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Overview

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.

About the Author, Peter Gay

Peter Gay is the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time. He lives in New York City.