ePub Correspondence Between John Adams and Mercy Warren Including an Appendix of Specimen Pages from the History (American Women: Images and Realities) by John Adams; Mercy Otis Warren in History

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The Enlightenment brings together the work of major Enlightenment thinkers such as Hobbes; Rousseau; Diderot and Kant; to illustrate the full importance and achievements of this period in history. Extracts are gathered thematically into sections on such aspects of the Enlightenment as: political theory religion and belief art and nature. All essays are introduced; and a final section on 'critical reflections' provides a selection of modern critical opinions on the period by writers including Foucault; Habermas; and Lyotard.Containing illustrations from the work of artists such as Hogarth and Gainsborough; a chronology of the Enlightenment; and a detailed bibliography; The Enlightenment is a rich source of information and inspiration for all those studying this great period of change.