The Enlightenment - Volume II: The Science of Freedom; An Interpretation

Peter Gay, Ph.D.

ISBN 10: 0393008754 / ISBN 13: 9780393008753

Published by The Norton Library/Published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1969

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Enlightenment - Volume II: The Science of Freedom; An Interpretation
• Publisher: The Norton Library/Published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393008754
• ISBN 13: 9780393008753
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Tim Gaydos (Cover Design)
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Political Science, Political Theory & Studies
  • Humanism & Humanites, Philosophy, Ethics
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The The Rise of Modern Paganism . In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.

About the Author

Peter Gay (1923—2015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time.