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The Enlightenment

by Roy Sydney Porter · 1990

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While acknowledging France at the eve of the Revolution as the root of the modern world, Porter also makes a case for considering Britain's importance in catapulting the world into modernity.

EnlightenmentIntellectual lifeEuropeSocial conditionsEurope, intellectual lifeEurope, history, 18th centuryAufklärungGeschichteVerlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)Modern PhilosophyPhilosophyHistory