A sourcebook and survey of the Enlightenment - its people, its horizons, its defining characteristics, its whole culture. This work follows the men and women of the Enlightenment in their search for definition and redefinition of the values of their time, a journey which reflects the intellectual re[...]

This is the second edition of a unique textbook on the Enlightenment.

Debate over the meaning of 'Enlightenment' began in the eighteenth century and still continues to this day. This period saw the opening of arguments on the nature of man, truth, the place of God and the international circulation of ideas, people and gold. But did the Enlightenment mean the same for [...]