Enlightenment Volume 2

by Peter Gay

Overview

The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307831453
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/26/2013
Series:	Enlightenment: An Interpretation , #2
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	720
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

PETER GAY was Sterling Professor of History, Emeritus, at Yale University, author of thirty-two widely respected books, and winner of the National Book Award for his definitive work on the Enlightenment. He died in 2015.