Review: The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism by Peter Gay
Nature and the Nation
English - July 06, 2019 09:32 - 1 hour - 181 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture Philosophy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode I take a deeper look at the philosophical concepts that undergird the Age of Enlightenment, through my examination of Peter Gay's 'The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism.' In this book, Gay examines the connections that the philosophes felt with the ancient Greek and Roman thinkers, and the culture of criticism that they fostered in their conflict with Christianity.
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