The enlightenment : the pursuit of happiness, 1680-1790 / Ritchie Robertson.
The enlightenment : the pursuit of happiness, 1680-1790 / Ritchie Robertson.
The enlightenment : the pursuit of happiness, 1680-1790 / Ritchie Robertson.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
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G 2020/4914
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxii, 984 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Happiness, reason and passion -- The scientific revolution -- Toleration -- The religious enlightenment -- Unbelief and speculation -- Science and sensibility -- Sociability -- Practical enlightenment -- Aesthetics -- Philosophical history -- Cosmopolitanism -- Forms of government -- Revolutions --...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
A magisterial history that recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical means to achieve greater human happiness... One of the formative periods of European and world history, the Enlightenment is the fountainhead of modern secular Western values: religious tolerance, free...
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The enlightenment : the pursuit of happiness, 1680-1790 / Ritchie Robertson.
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"Originally published in Great Britain in 2020 by Allen Lane"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 893-925) and index.
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©2021
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G 2020/4914
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74VKaJz2XLGO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJz2XLGO
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ISBN
0062410652
9780062410658
DDC
190.9033
MMS ID
991024370111002626
