The age of reason : 1700-1789

The age of reason : 1700-1789 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Constable, [1960]
Subjects:	Biography > 18th century. Biography > Enlightenment.

Table of Contents:

'Courtly standards' : Saint Simon, 1675-1755
'Rationalism' : Pierre Bayle, 1647-1706
'Setting sun' : Louis XIV, 1700-1715
'The Emergence of Muscovy' : Peter the Great, 1672-1725
'Scepticism' : Voltaire, 1694-1778
'Philosopher king' : Frederick the Great, 1712-1786
'Semiramis' : Catherine the Great, 1729-1796
'Complacency' : Joseph Addison, 1672-1719
'Savage pessimism' : Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745
'Thirteen colonies' : 1492-1783
'The simple man' : Franklin, 1706-1790
'The salons' : 1660-1789
'Dilettante' : Horace Walpole, 1717-1797
'Free thought' : The encyclopédie, 1751-1772
'Disintegration' : Louis XV, 1715-1774
'Gullibility' : Cagliostro, 1743-1795
'Solid sense' : Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784
'Sturm und Drang' : 1770-1778
'Rights of man' : Tom Paine, 1737-1809
'Religious revival' : John Wesley, 1703-1791
'Sensibility' : J. J. Rousseau, 1712-1778.