The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism
A Philosophy, European History, Science book. Not written for a general audience, this work by Peter Gay is an excellent study on...
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.
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- Pages: 592 pages
- ISBN: 9780393313024 / 393313026
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Great ZOT, this man can write!At age 90 - and still with us - we hope Peter Gay remains another sixty to seventy years so we might garner another half dozen books from him. While "The Enlightenment" was written in 1966, the ancients of 2300 years ago haven't changed much, nor have those Enlightenment philosophers of 300 years past that... This a great read, confirmed my appreciation for the influence of greek culture on the development of the proper critical philosophic mentality. Not written for a general audience, this work by Peter Gay is an excellent study on Enlightenment thinkers and their relationships with religion. Kant viewed the Enlightenment "as man's claim to be recognized as an adult, responsible being" (3). Reason and science replaced faith and tradition. But Gay illustrates how even though Enligtenment...
