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The Enlightenment was a time when people began to question traditional beliefs and look for new ways to live. This book contains extracts from the work of major Enlightenment thinkers, and provides a critical perspective on the period.
The Enlightenment Reader brings together the work of major Enlightenment thinkers to illustrate the full importance and achievements of this period in history. Extracts are gathered thematically into sections on such aspects of the Enlightenment as political theory, religion and belief, art and nature. In each section, the texts are introduced and a final a final section on 'Critical Reflections' provides a selection of modern critical opinions on the period.
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