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Looking for a book recomendation

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  • 04-11-2004 2:00pm
    #1
    sliabh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭


    After reading an interesting opinion piece in the New York Times on the death of the Enlightenment in the US (after yesterday's news) I decided that it's time I did some reading up on the Age of Enlightenment.

    Can anyone suggest a good book on this period?

    I am looking for something that is non-academic but gives a run through of the main philisophical and scientific ideas that were developed.

    Thanks for any help with this.


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    Miles
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    Try this:

    The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom by Peter Gay

    Actually it comes in two volumes.


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Try Cosmos by Carl Sagan, if you haven't read it.

    Fantastic book.


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    sliabh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭sliabh


    Hmm,
    "The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom" is seriously out of print, and "Cosmos" I have read and is not really about the enlightenment.
    But thanks for the suggestions.


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