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  • By: Anthony Pagden
  • Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
  • Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)
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Summary

One of our most renowned and brilliant historians takes a fresh look at the revolutionary intellectual movement that laid the foundation for the modern world. Liberty and equality. Human rights. Freedom of thought and expression. Belief in reason and progress. The value of scientific inquiry. These are just some of the ideas that were conceived and developed during the Enlightenment, and which changed forever the intellectual landscape of the Western world. Spanning hundreds of years of history, Anthony Pagden traces the origins of this seminal movement, showing how Enlightenment concepts directly influenced modern culture, making possible a secular, tolerant, and, above all, cosmopolitan world. Everyone can agree on its impact. But in the end, just what was Enlightenment? A cohesive philosophical project? A discrete time period in the life of the mind when the superstitions of the past were overthrown and reason and equality came to the fore? Or an open-ended intellectual process, a way of looking at the world and the human condition, that continued long after the eighteenth century ended?

A clear and compelling explanation of the philosophical underpinnings of the modern world, The Enlightenment is a scintillating portrait of a period, a critical moment in history, and a revolution in thought that continues to this day.

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I enjoyed Every Minute of this outstanding work. The reading and presentation are simply breathtaking. Kept me totally enthralled from beginning to end. The work itself is so rewarding. I am not educated in any philosophy but found this book very intelligible and the Big Ideas presented very easy to follow and understand. I've started listening to it again and I am finding it just as exciting. On a second listening I have noticed many subtleties and nuances that on my first listening I did not pay attention too.
Anyone who wants to know how and why we live in this particular modern world and the ideas that have helped to shape it, should start here. I think you will not be disappointed. I would have given it many more stars but only five were offered

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Meticulous Analysis Of The Enlightenment

Passionately rendered dissection of the Enlightenment, its importance and legacy. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a greater understanding and appreciation of the dynamic broadly based movement.

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