The Britannica Guide to the Ideas that Made the Modern World (Britannica Guide To...(eBook))

In The Early Years Of The Twenty-first Century, Ideas First Proposed Over Two Hundred Years Ago Could Not Be More Compelling. The Enlightenment Of The Seventeenth Century In Response To Upheaval And Uncertainty Laid The Foundation Stone For Modern Society. A Vital Primer On The Philosophers, Thinkers, And Scientists-including Isaac Newton, John Locke, Voltaire And Spinoza-whose Thoughts And Ideas Created The Modern World.--publisher Description. A History Of The Enlightenment -- The Scientific Revolution -- Man And Evolution -- Culture And Education -- Economics And Industrial Revolution -- The Age Of Revolution: Enlightenment Politics -- Philosophy, Ethics, And Religion -- Key Figures: Thinkers, Writers, And Revolutionaries -- Key Texts: Extracts And Further Reading. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [355]-356) And Index. Contents......Page 6 List of Illustrations......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 1 A History of the Enlightenment......Page 32 2 The Scientific Revolution......Page 69 3 Man and Evolution......Page 98 4 Culture and Education......Page 131 5 Economics and Industrial Revolution......Page 177 6 The Age of Revolution: Enlightenment Politics......Page 200 7 Philosophy, Ethics, and Religion......Page 251 8 Key Figures: Thinkers, Writers, and Revolutionaries......Page 290 9 Key Texts: Extracts and Further Reading......Page 358 Further Reading......Page 394 A......Page 396 C......Page 397 D......Page 398 E......Page 399 F......Page 400 H......Page 401 L......Page 402 M......Page 403 O......Page 404 P......Page 405 S......Page 406 T......Page 407 Z......Page 408 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Introduction 10 1 A History of the Enlightenment 32 2 The Scientific Revolution 69 3 Man and Evolution 98 4 Culture and Education 131 5 Economics and Industrial Revolution 177 6 The Age of Revolution: Enlightenment Politics 200 7 Philosophy, Ethics, and Religion 251 8 Key Figures: Thinkers, Writers, and Revolutionaries 290 9 Key Texts: Extracts and Further Reading 358 Further Reading 394 Index 396 A 396 B 397 C 397 D 398 E 399 F 400 G 401 H 401 I 402 J 402 K 402 L 402 M 403 N 404 O 404 P 405 Q 406 R 406 S 406 T 407 V 408 W 408 Z 408 Looks at the history of the eighteenth century enlightenment and the important scientific, social, economic, and political ideas that came from it. Quick and accessible introduction to a moment in history