01 Enlightenment An Interpretation: The Rise Of Modern PaganismThe 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. Now a master historian goes back to the sources to give a fully rounded account of its true accomplishments. |
Contents
The Enlightenment in Its World | 3 |
The Useful and Beloved Past | 31 |
Identity | 59 |
The First Enlightenment | 72 |
The Climate of Criticism | 127 |
THE TENSION WITH CHRISTIANITY | 205 |
The Era of Pagan Christianity | 256 |
In Dubious Battle | 322 |
The Useful and Beloved Past 45 1 | 451 |
The First Enlightenment | 464 |
The Climate of Criticism | 482 |
The Retreat from Reason | 489 |
The Era of Pagan Christianity | 505 |
In Dubious Battle | 535 |
Beyond the Holy Circle | 547 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED | 553 |
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