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Hace 1 día · May 26, 2024. The Enlightenment was a transformative intellectual and cultural movement that swept through Europe and the Atlantic world in the 17th and 18th centuries. At its core, the Enlightenment was a philosophical project that sought to liberate human reason from the constraints of tradition, religion, and superstition.
Hace 2 días · Although its author does not directly invite us to read it in this way – which is, I think, a pity – Moral Culture presents a powerful alternative interpretation of the historical origins, implications and consequences of a moderate Enlightenment defined by a distinctly sceptical species of heterodox Protestantism.
Hace 5 días · While Spary provides illuminating detail on contemporary debates, it is sometimes difficult to see the consequences of the contests that she describes. The book’s six substantive chapters address four alimentary sites: digestion, coffee, liqueurs, and diet.
Hace 4 días · Price: £14.99. Dr Nigel Aston, review of The Enlightenment and Religion. The Myths of Modernity, (review no. 415) For a generation Peter Gay’s book on the Enlightenment (a text which perhaps tells us more about the 1960s than the 1760s) informed scholars that Enlightenment and Christianity were polarities and that the defeat of dogma and ...
Hace 4 días · In The Enlightenment and Original Sin , historian Matthew Kadane advances the bold claim that the Enlightenment is best defined through what it set out to accomplish, which was nothing short of rethinking the meaning of human nature. Kadane argues that this project centered around the doctrine of original sin and, ultimately, its rejection ...
Hace 5 días · June 6, 1832, London (aged 84) Notable Family Members: brother Sir Samuel Bentham. Subjects Of Study: utility. law. Role In: Enlightenment. Top Questions. Who was Jeremy Bentham? Why is Jeremy Bentham important? What is Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon? What is Jeremy Bentham’s auto-icon? Where was Jeremy Bentham educated?
Hace 3 días · The author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), was deeply influenced by the European Enlightenment. He spent many years in Paris and was just as much at home among European intellectuals as he was on his plantation in Virginia. Although a slaveholder, Jefferson wrote eloquently about freedom for the colonists.
