The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind
The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politics. Acclaimed philosopher and historian A.C. Grayling points to three primary factors that led to the rise of vernacular (popular) languages in philosophy, theology, science, and literature; the rise of the individual as a general and not merely an aristocratic type; and the invention and application of instruments and measurement in the study of th…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62040-344-0
- EAN: 9781620403440
- Produktnummer: 18106329
- Verlag: Bloomsbury
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Masse: H23.9 cm x B16.5 cm x D3.3 cm 680 g
- Gewicht: 680
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A. C. Grayling
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