Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900, ISSN 1538-442X
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-203) and index
Historical overview : preliminaries, principles, and preconceptions -- Science and the triumph of reason : Newton, Locke, and a new philosophy -- The philosophes, the church, and Christianity -- The philosophes, political thought, and enlightened despotism -- The alternative vision of Montesquieu and Rousseau.
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