The Enlightenment: A Sourcebook and ReaderPaul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides The Enlightenment brings together the work of major Enlightenment thinkers such as Hobbes, Rousseau, Diderot and Kant, to illustrate the full importance and achievements of this period in history. Extracts are gathered thematically into sections on such aspects of the Enlightenment as:
All essays are introduced, and a final section on 'critical reflections' provides a selection of modern critical opinions on the period by writers including Foucault, Habermas, and Lyotard. Containing illustrations from the work of artists such as Hogarth and Gainsborough, a chronology of the Enlightenment, and a detailed bibliography, The Enlightenment is a rich source of information and inspiration for all those studying this great period of change. |
Contents
Thomas Hobbes Leviathan 1651 | 8 |
Alexander Pope An Essay on Man 173334 | 14 |
Denis Diderot Colour of the Inhabitants and Wretched Condition | 26 |
The search for knowledge | 33 |
Religion and belief | 59 |
The natural world | 91 |
Science and invention | 122 |
Political rights and responsibilities | 148 |
Gender and society | 233 |
Art architecture and nature | 259 |
Europeans and the wider world | 296 |
Radicalism and revolution | 328 |
Autobiographical reflections | 352 |
Modern critical reflections | 377 |
Chronology | 413 |
Further reading | 419 |
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