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Historic documents of the enlightenment : the essential primary sources.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Historic Documents Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enlightenment--Sources.
- Enlightenment.
- Europe--Civilization--18th century--Sources.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 113 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Dallas, Texas : Schlager, [2024]
- Summary:
- This volume explores critical aspects of the Age of Enlightenment, spanning the 17th and 18th centuries, through key primary documents, from letters and speeches to government documents and royal edicts. Overview articles provide important context to the era, while a detailed bibliography helps make the volume an important starting point for historical research.
- Contents:
- The Enlightenment
- Kant and the redemption of Enlightenment
- Rousseau and radicalization
- From Locke to Jefferson
- English Bill of Rights
- John Locke: Second treatise on civil government
- John Locke: An essay on human understanding
- Charles de Montesquieu: The spirit of laws
- Voltaire: Candide
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The social contract
- Voltaire: Philosophical dictionary
- Catherine II of Russia: The grand instructions to the commissioners
- Denis Diderot: Supplement to the voyage of Bougainville
- American Declaration of Independence
- Immanuel Kant: "What is Enlightenment?"
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- Jeremy Bentham: An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation
- Marquis de Condorcet: Outlines of an historical view of the progress of the human mind
- Thomas Malthus: An essay on the principle of population
- David Ricardo: On the principles of political economy and taxation.
- Notes:
- Electronic book
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781961844230
- 1961844230
- OCLC:
- 1506825168
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