The Empire of Reason - How Europe Imagined and America Realized the Enlightenment (Paperback, New ed)


Beginning with a survey of the origins and growth of 18th-century rationalism, this book explains how the realization of the great philosophers' ideals in Europe was inevitably frustrated by the counterweight of tradition and privilege, but in America there were no such barriers.

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Beginning with a survey of the origins and growth of 18th-century rationalism, this book explains how the realization of the great philosophers' ideals in Europe was inevitably frustrated by the counterweight of tradition and privilege, but in America there were no such barriers.

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Imprint

Weidenfeld & Nicholson history

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

September 2000

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Dimensions

215 x 137mm (L x W)

Format

Paperback

Pages

352

Edition

New ed

ISBN-13

978-1-84212-076-7

Barcode

9781842120767

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LSN

1-84212-076-X



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