21H.433 The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Spring 2005

Has there ever been an "Age of Reason?" In the western tradition, one might make claims for various moments during Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. In this class, however, we will focus on the two and a half centuries between 1600 and 1850, a period when insights first deve...

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Main Author: Ravel, Jeffrey S.
Language:en-US
Published: 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74127