The Enlightenment: A Graphic Guide
The Enlightenment of the 18th century was a crucial epoch, a sea-change in human history.
It was also a vast moral, scientific and political movement, the work of intellectuals across Europe and the New World who linked up in networks of friendship, projects and debates, beginning to free themselves from the authority of the church and find their vocation to change the world.
Exploring the work of Voltaire, Diderot and Rousseau in particular, but also that of Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, Introducing The Enlightenment is a vibrant and accessible introduction to the men and women who believed that rational, scientific endeavour could reveal the secrets of the universe.
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Authors: Lloyd Spencer & Andrzej Krauze
Prices: £6.99/$9.95/C$12.5
Pages: 176 pages
ISBN: 9781848311794
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Kate 
02.09.10 at 10:21AM
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Spencer and Krauze separate the key points of The Enlightenment into different sections turning the format into something slightly story-like. This style ensures that it is easy to comprehend and extremely interesting; turning each vital idea of the movement into a new chapter about different characters. It is an exciting way of displaying information and allows readers to fully understand the concept without being at all daunting.
senthilkumar
09.02.11 at 03:04PM
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very nice & wonderful informative . very very good.
Francesca
06.06.11 at 11:42AM
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A vital starting point for the subject, Spencer and Krauze offer an organised and simplified chronology from the French Absolute Monarchy to the Revolution by tracing the paradigm shifts in ethical and intellectual thinking that ultimately led to western modernisation. Though not intended to transform readers into experts on the intricacies and consequences of the “Enlightenment”, the multitude of quotes and names whet the appetite of anyone prepared to take on heavier reading!
Francesca
06.06.11 at 11:44AM
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A vital starting point for the subject, Spencer and Krauze offer an organised and simplified chronology from the French Absolute Monarchy to the Revolution by tracing the paradigm shifts in ethical and intellectual thinking that ultimately led to western modernisation. Though not intended to transform readers into experts on the intricacies and consequences of the “Enlightenment”, the multitude of quotes and names whet the appetite of anyone prepared to take on heavier reading!
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