Publication

2013 - Random House, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

125,250 words, Guess

Page Count

501 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC940.2/5
  • LCCB802 .P26 2013

Description

An assessment of the Enlightenment period as an influential intellectual movement reveals how it laid the foundation of today's government, philosophy, science and society, noting the pivotal contributions of scholars ranging from Hume and Diderot to Voltaire and Rousseau.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Enlightenment: and why it still mattersRandom House2013-01-01

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