The Enlightenment : history, documents, and key questions /: history, documents, and key questions. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by William E. Burns.
• Editors: Burns, William E, 1959-
• Contents: Alphabetical List of EntriesTopical List of EntriesHow to Use This BookPrefaceTimelineHistorical OverviewThe Enlightenment: A to ZPrimary DocumentsBaruch Spinoza: "On the Nature and Origin of the Emotions, " from Ethics (1677)John Locke: "Of the Beginnings of Political Societies, " from Second Treatise on Civil Government (1689)Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence (1717)Montesquieu: "On Monarchies, " from The Spirit of the Laws (1748)David Hume: An Enquiry into the Principles of Morals (1751)Denis Diderot: "Enjoyment" (Jouissance), from the Encyclopédie (1751–1765)Rousseau: From Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1755)Adam Smith: From The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)Voltaire: "Ancients and Moderns, " from Philosophical Dictionary (1764)Cesare Beccaria: From On Crimes and Punishments (1764)Catherine the Great: From Instructions to the Legislative Commission (1767)Edward Gibbon: From The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776)The Declaration of Independence (1776)Immanuel Kant: From What Is Enlightenment? (1784)Thomas Paine: From The Age of Reason, Part II (1795)Key QuestionsQuestion 1: Was There an Enlightenment for Women?Question 2: Was the Enlightenment Secular?Question 3: Was the Enlightenment Democratic?Selected Annotated BibliographyIndexAbout the Author and Contributors.
• Publisher Details: New York : ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (230 pages)
• Subjects: 909.7; History -- Modern -- 17th Century; Enlightenment; History -- World; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216080053
• Related ISBNs: 9781610698450
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