A revolution of the mind : Radical Enlightenment and the intellectual origins of modern democracy / Jonathan Israel.

Author/creator Israel, Jonathan
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxiv, 276 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Progress and the Enlightenment's two conflicting ways of improving the world -- Democracy or social hierarchy? : the political rift -- The problem of equality and inequality : the rise of economics -- The Enlightenment's critique of war and the quest for "perpetual peace" -- Two kinds of moral philosophy in conflict -- Voltaire versus Spinoza : the Enlightenment as a basic duality of philosophical systems -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009011137
ISBN9780691142005 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0691142009 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JA84 .E9 I87 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold