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The Enlightenment and the Fate of Knowledge

The Enlightenment and the Fate of Knowledge

Martin Davies

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2021
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Historia
ISBN:
9781032083001
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The Enlightenment is generally painted as a movement of ideas and society lasting from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century, but this book argues that the Enlightenment can be seen to have lasted from the late sixteenth century to the present day.

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