Paul Henri Thiry d’Holbach stands as one of the most systematic and uncompromising figures of the eighteenth...
Enlightenment
Enlightenment thinkers questioned inherited authority and reconsidered the foundations of knowledge. These articles examine their arguments and the tensions between universal ideals and unequal societies.
By transferring moral and political legitimacy from revelation to reason, the Enlightenment recast the relationship between the...
Across these three eras, the philosophy of consciousness unfolds not as a straight line, but as a...
The state of nature features in the systems of many different early modern philosophers. Introduction The state...
Weekly salon gatherings were held in special rooms where guests could mingle and talk in small groups....
He wrote treatises and histories touching on a wide variety of subjects. Originally published by Newberry Digital...
The coffeehouse was essentially a hotbed for Enlightenment thought and served as the social home of the...
Using modern technology to understand a network of eighteenth-century thinkers. Introduction In 1734, Voltaire fled Paris to...
The London coffeehouses of the 17th and 18th centuries were the engines of creation that helped drive...
Dog collars, which were previously utilitarian devices for controlling the animals, became ornate works of art. Introduction...
A heterogeneous group of people came together to engage in rational debate without regard to rank. Abstract...
These thinkers often gathered in informal meetings, called salons, in private homes. There they exchanged and debated...
“Enlightenment is the human being’s emancipation from its self-incurred immaturity.” By Santana Juache Introduction The Enlightenment stemmed...
The Enlightenment’s chronology, spatiality, and content in the context of the Industrial Revolution. Introduction In 1997 Robert...
Enlightenment debates about colonialism had very little to do with what actually happened on the ground. While...
The Enlightenment advocated reason as a means to establishing an authoritative system of aesthetics, ethics, government, and...
Diderot produced an impressive, unfinished work over at least 15 years. Introduction Today (October 5) is 300...
Here are five things to know about this groundbreaking, tragic figure. You probably haven’t heard of Émilie du...
Criticism of the monarchy in the press was suppressed during this period. By Jennifer Hight Introduction The...
Moses Mendelssohn (left) discusses theology with Johann Kaspar Lavater and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, c.1800...
Jean-Baptiste Belley, Deputy of Saint-Domingue and French National Convention member (1793-97) with a bust of Abbé Raynal...
The Scholar with His Student, Anonymous Flemish painter (circle of Gerard Thomas and Balthasar van den Bossche)...
Centerpiece for a Table, 1754, François-Thomas Germain. Silver, 8 1/4 × 14 1/2 × 9 1/8 in....
Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the Preobrazhensky Regiment’s uniform. / Wikimedia Commons Enlightened despotism, also called benevolent...
Presocratic Natural Philosophers from History of Science – Science in Ancient Egypt and the Aegean By Dr. Paola...
The Apollo Belvedere, 1726–32, Edme Bouchardon. Red chalk, 22 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. Paris, Musée du...
The British Museum’s Enlightenment Room is a display dedicated to the age of Enlightenment. Separated into the...