The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790

The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790

This magisterial history—sure to become the definitive work on the subject—recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical mea…

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