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Enlightenment: An Interpretation eBook Series

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  • Enlightenment Volume 1

    by Peter Gay ...
    Series Book 1 - Enlightenment: An Interpretation
    The eighteenth century Enlightenment marks the beginning of the modern age when the scientific method and belief in reason and progress came to hold sway over the Western world. In the twentieth century, however, the Enlightenment has often been judged harshly for its apparently simplistic optimism. Here a master historian goes back to the sources to give us both a more sophisticated and ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Enlightenment Volume 2

    by Peter Gay ...
    Series Book 2 - Enlightenment: An Interpretation
    The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • David and Solomon

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  • The Complete Chronicle of the Emperors of Rome; Vol. 1

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  • The Origins of Totalitarianism

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    by Hannah Arendt, Anne Applebaum ...
    Hannah Arendt’s definitive work on totalitarianism—an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history—now with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum.A cornerstone of modern political philosophy, The Origins of Totalitarianism has become essential reading as we grapple with the rise of autocrats and tyrannical thought across the globe.The book begins with the rise of anti ... Read more

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  • Public Executions

    From Ancient Rome to the Present Day

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