Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century (Hardback)
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Short Description for Enlightenment The Enlightenment was a period of intense activity devoted to discovery and learning about the natural world, the past and other civilizations. This title explores the ways people acquired new information, organized their ideas and reached their conclusions.
Full description- Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS
- Published: 08 September 2003
- Format: Hardback 304 pages
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- Categories: History Of Ideas | General & World History | European History | British & Irish History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900 | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780714127651 ISBN 10: 0714127655
- Sales rank: 941,908
Full description for Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a period of intense activity devoted to discovery and learning about the natural world, the past and other civilizations. Classification, collecting and deciphering were all important stages on the way to understanding the world and its inhabitants. The King's Library was built to house the books donated from the royal libraries of King George II and his grandson King George III, and they epitomize the interest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in scholarship and study. Aimed at the general reader and relevant to many academic diciplines, this book explores the ways people acquired new information, organized their ideas and reached their conclusions.
