The Age Of Reason Begins by Will Durant
A sweeping cultural history that traces the emergence of modern, critical thought in early modern Europe, examining how the decline of medieval authority, the flowering of scientific experiment and new philosophy, and the upheavals of politics and commerce combined to reshape society. It profiles the major thinkers, discoveries, and conflicts that promoted empirical inquiry and individualism, while showing how religious, economic, and institutional forces both resisted and were transformed by the new rational spirit. The narrative links intellectual developments to everyday life and statecraft, arguing that these converging changes laid the groundwork for the Enlightenment and the modern world.
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- 1961
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- American
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- English
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