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050 14 $aD242$b.G73 2016
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100 1 $aGrayling, A. C.,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Age of Genius :$bthe seventeenth century and the birth of the modern mind /$cA.C. Grayling.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bBloomsbury,$c2016.
300 $ax, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), map, portraits ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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500 $a"First published in Great Britain, 2016"--Title-page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [325]-340) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction. Seeing the universe ; The epoch in human history -- A time of wars. The origins of the wars ; The loss of the Palatinate ; The mercenary captains ; The Edict of Restitution, 1629 -- The Swedish apogee ; From Wallenstein to Breisach ; Towards Westphalia ; In the ruins of Europe ; The maritime conflicts -- The cumulation of ideas. The intelligencers ; The short ways to knowledge ; Dr Dee and the potent art ; The Rosicrucian scare -- From magic to science. From magic to method ; The birth of science ; War and science -- The social order. Society and politics ; Language and belief -- Conclusion. Is it a myth?
520 $a"Explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politics ... Grayling points to three primary factors [behind this epochal shift]: the rise of vernacular (popular) languages in philosophy, theology, science, and literature; the rise of the individual as a general and not merely an aristocratic type; and the invention and application of instruments and measurement in the study of the natural world"--Amazon.com.
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651 0 $aEurope$xHistory$y17th century.
650 0 $aCivilization, Modern$y17th century.
650 0 $aSeventeenth century.
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655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
852 00 $bglx$hD242$i.G73 2016