The Enlightenment [electronic resource] /
Ronald S. Love.
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
- xxv, 211 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., ports.
- Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900, 1538-442X .
- Greenwood guides to historic events, 1500-1900. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-203) and index.
Historical overview : preliminaries, principles, and preconceptions -- Science and the triumph of reason : Newton, Locke, and a new philosophy -- The philosophes, the church, and Christianity -- The philosophes, political thought, and enlightened despotism -- The alternative vision of Montesquieu and Rousseau.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.