A cultural history of the enlightment /
By Norman Hampson.
- New York : Pantheon Books, 1968.
- 304 p. ; 21 cm.
With supercover To the memory of my father
Bibliogr. : p. 291-297;index: p. 299-304
Contents: Part One: A new heaven and a new earth. 1. The social and political environment, 1715-40. 2. nature and nature's God. 3. Human nature: man and society. 4. The enlightment as a way of life. Part Two: Not peace but a sword. 5. The social and political environment, 1740-89. 6. The inner voice. 7. Timeas a new dimension. a. Scientific time. b. Historical time. 8. The revolutionary climacteric