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The Age of Reason /
The period between the Peace of Utrecht and the French Revolution is brought into focus in this essay. Professor Manuel deals with the age of the philosophes and the enlightened despots, when belief in man's ability to achieve a good society through reason was in its first hopeful flower. The p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | The Development of Western Civilization
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Contents
- Prolegomena
- I. The European World
- II. Science and Theology
- III. The Moral and Political Outlook
- IV. The Realm of France
- V. The British System
- VI. Empire of the Hapsburgs
- VII. Prussia: The State as Machine
- VIII. Russia: The Servile State
- IX. Balance of Power in War and Peace
- Chronological Summary
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index