Enlightenment Coffeehouse Culture Past and PresentThe coffeehouse was essentially a hotbed for Enlightenment thought and served as the social home of the...
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Mapping the Republic of Letters for the Learned in the 18th CenturyUsing modern technology to understand a network of eighteenth-century thinkers. Introduction In 1734, Voltaire fled Paris to...
London’s Enlightenment Coffeehouses of the 17th and 18th CenturiesThe London coffeehouses of the 17th and 18th centuries were the engines of creation that helped drive...
Dogs and Their Collars in the Age of EnlightenmentDog collars, which were previously utilitarian devices for controlling the animals, became ornate works of art. Introduction...
English Coffeehouses, French Salons, and the Age of EnlightenmentA heterogeneous group of people came together to engage in rational debate without regard to rank. Abstract...
The Scottish Enlightenment and the Matter of Ancient TroyThe Scottish Enlightenment played a dominant part in the late-18th and early-19th century debate about the location...
The Rise of Renaissance Humanism in the 14th CenturyHumanists believed in the importance of an education in classical literature and the promotion of civic virtue....
Five Philosophers of the EnlightenmentThis new outlook put great emphasis on reason as the key to human progress. Introduction The Enlightenment...
The Enlightenment, Reason, and Natural Law: Choosing the Beggar Over the Monster“Enlightenment is the human being’s emancipation from its self-incurred immaturity.” By Santana Juache Introduction The Enlightenment stemmed...
Empire in the Age of Enlightenment: The Curious Case of Baron BenyowszkyEnlightenment debates about colonialism had very little to do with what actually happened on the ground. While...
The Age of Enlightenment: Establishing Reason as an Authoritative SystemThe Enlightenment advocated reason as a means to establishing an authoritative system of aesthetics, ethics, government, and...
Denis Diderot and Science: Enlightenment to ModernityDiderot produced an impressive, unfinished work over at least 15 years. Introduction Today (October 5) is 300...
Enlightenment and Enlightened Absolutism in Early Modern Eastern EuropeThe Enlightenment directly involved only the educated spheres of society. After Pietism and the Moravian movement, the...
Epicurean Ideas and the Challenges of Modern Secular LifeEpicureanism competed with Stoicism to dominate Greek and Roman culture. By Temma Ehrenfeld ‘The pursuit of Happiness’...
Francis Bacon and the Scientific RevolutionSir Francis Bacon developed a method for philosophers to use in weighing the truthfulness of knowledge. How...
“Such Fictitious Evil Spirits”: Adriaan Koerbagh’s Rejection of Biblical Demons and Demonic Possession, 1668The devil, once a part of the sacred truth, could now be seen as a fragment of...
Muhammad: An Anticlerical Hero of the European EnlightenmentDuring the European Enlightenment, a number of authors presented Muhammad as an anticlerical hero. Publishing the Quran...
Denis Diderot and Science: Enlightenment to ModernityDiderot was not a practicing scientist, but was as close to one as he could be. A...
Antecedents to Modernity: The Enlightenment and Reactions to ItThe foundation was laid for Modernity by the philosophies and theories of the Enlightenment. Antecedents to Modernity...
Five Things to Know About French Enlightenment Genius Émilie du ChâteletHere are five things to know about this groundbreaking, tragic figure. You probably haven’t heard of Émilie du...
Voltaire: An Example of Enlightenment CensorshipCriticism of the monarchy in the press was suppressed during this period. By Jennifer Hight Introduction The...