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Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
The Enlightenment: The Age of Reason (Part 1)
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
What were the roots of the rational society that we have come to know today? Thinkers of the Enlightenment laid this groundwork and played a pivotal role in initiating much of the societal progress that continues to this day. Discussed in this episode: The origin of the Enlightenment, the impact of scientific discoveries on the Enlightenment, rationalism, skepticism, and empiricism in the Enlightenment, and influential ideas on political theory and economic freedom in the era.
Related reading: Bristow, W., "Enlightenment", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2017 Edition); Mayne, R., & Peters, E., "History of Europe," Britannica (2020).
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