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The Britannica Guide to the Ideas that Made the Modern World: The People, Philosophy, and History of Enlightenment
The Ideas that made the Modern World is part of the Britannica Guide Series that offers a look into the people, philosophy, and history of the enlightenment. The Britannica Guides series offers an essential introduction to many of the key issues of our time. Clear, accurate, and meticulously researched, the series gives both background and analysis for when you need to know for sure what is really happening in the world, whether you are an expert, student, or traveler.
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First published April 8, 2008
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May 9, 2018
A.C. Grayling's intro was a good overview, basically the only redeeming feature. The main text was a big disappointment, very vague and poorly documented. It read like a committee document that had been edited to death with many rounds of people taking out specific information in order to shorten and condense it. Read the intro and forget the rest.
March 17, 2019
A very informative guide to important ideas which improved the world, from enlightenment to modernisation. Many key figures, texts, concepts were cited but the only problem I had was that they felt too rushed to get everything across, which made it hard to read since a lot of the figures and their works were mentioned once only.
July 31, 2013
book covers a general idea of various topics, key figures and historical timeline
certain areas can be rather dense and dry, depending on individual's interest but I've found it, generally, interesting and enjoyable to read
highly recommend this to anyone who is interested in understanding the origins of ideas and order of things around us
certain areas can be rather dense and dry, depending on individual's interest but I've found it, generally, interesting and enjoyable to read
highly recommend this to anyone who is interested in understanding the origins of ideas and order of things around us
September 21, 2012
Good primer on the Enlightenment. It is prohibitively difficult to understand today's political landscape without knowing something about Enlightenment thinking.
August 25, 2013
Not great, but at least I know now who all the main enlightenment writers were.
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