Enlightenment
Here are entered works on the 18th century intellectual movement characterized by belief in the power of human reason.
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Enlightenment -- England
- Enlightenment -- Europe
- Enlightenment -- France
- Enlightenment -- Great Britain
- Enlightenment -- Influence
- Haskalah
- Aufklärung
- Age of Enlightenment
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The Enlightenment and Religion: The Myths of Modernity (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, c2003), by S. J. Barnett (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)- Nature and Culture: Ethical Thought in the French Enlightenment (originally published 1963; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Lester G. Crocker (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- An Age of Crisis: Man and World in Eighteenth Century French Thought (originally published 1959; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Lester G. Crocker (PDF files at Project MUSE)
- The Faith of Reason: The Idea of Progress in the French Enlightenment (New York: King's Crown Press, Columbia University 1948), by Charles Frankel (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Enlightenment Against the Baroque: Economics and Aesthetics in the Eighteenth Century (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Remy G. Saisselin (HTML at UC Press)
- Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? (annotated 1784 German text and modern English translation), by Immanuel Kant, trans. by Stephen Orr (HTML with commentary at github.io)
- Tragedy and Enlightenment: Athenian Political Thought and the Dilemmas of Modernity (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997), by Christopher Rocco (HTML at UC Press)
- The Pillars of Priestcraft Shaken: The Church of England and its Enemies, 1660-1730 (c1992), by Justin Champion (HTML at Newton Project; sections may be listed out of order)
- Die Europaidee im Zeitalter der Aufklärung (in German; Cambridge, UK et al.: Open Book Publishers, c2017), ed. by Rotraud von Kulessa and Catriona Seth (PDF and HTML with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- The Idea of Europe: Enlightenment Perspectives (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2017), ed. by Catriona Seth and Rotraud von Kulessa (PDF and HTML with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- L'Idée de l'Europe au Siècle des Lumières (in French; Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2017), ed. by Rotraud von Kulessa and Catriona Seth (PDF and HTML with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- Beyond the Witch Trials: Witchcraft and Magic in Enlightenment Europe (Manchester, UK and New York: Manchester University Press, c2004), ed. by Owen Davies and Willem de Blécourt (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)
- Die Europaidee im Zeitalter der Aufklärung (in German; Cambridge, UK et al.: Open Book Publishers, c2017), ed. by Rotraud von Kulessa and Catriona Seth (PDF and HTML with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- The Idea of Europe: Enlightenment Perspectives (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2017), ed. by Catriona Seth and Rotraud von Kulessa (PDF and HTML with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- L'Idée de l'Europe au Siècle des Lumières (in French; Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2017), ed. by Rotraud von Kulessa and Catriona Seth (PDF and HTML with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- Tolerance: The Beacon of the Enlightenment (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2016), ed. by Caroline Warman (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- Literature and History in the Age of Ideas: Essays on the French Enlightenment, Presented to George R. Havens (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1975), ed. by Charles G. S. Williams (PDF at Ohio State)
- The Aesthetic Thought of the French Enlightenment (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c1971), by Francis X. J. Coleman (page images at Pitt)
- Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968), by Robert Darnton
- The "Tzemach Tzedek" and the Haskalah Movement, by Joseph Isaac Schneersohn (HTML at jewish-history.com)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Civilization, Modern -- 18th century- The French Revolution and the Birth of Modernity (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), ed. by Ferenc Feher (HTML at UC Press)
- Eighteenth-Century Florida: The Impact of the American Revolution (papers from the 5th annual Bicentennial Symposium, March 1976; Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1978), ed. by Samuel Proctor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Les Helviennes: ou, Lettres Provinciales Philosophiques (6th edition, 4 volumes, in French; Paris: Mequignon et Boiste, 1823), by Abbé Barruel
- Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? (annotated 1784 German text and modern English translation), by Immanuel Kant, trans. by Stephen Orr (HTML with commentary at github.io)
- Letters on England, by Voltaire, ed. by Henry Morley (Gutenberg text)
- Letters on the English, by Voltaire (HTML at Bartleby)
- Baron d'Holbach: A Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France, by Max Pearson Cushing (Gutenberg text)
- Rationality: From AI to Zombies (2015), by Eliezer Yudkowsky (HTML at readthesequences.com)
- Minimal Theologies: Critiques of Secular Reason in Adorno and Levinas (open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Hent de Vries, trans. by Geoffrey A. Hale (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Inspiration and Wisdom from the Writings of Thomas Paine (1954), by Thomas Paine, ed. by Joseph Lewis (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- The Age of Reason, by Thomas Paine (Gutenberg text)
- Christianity Not Mysterious: or, A Treatise Shewing That There is Nothing in the Gospel Contrary to Reason, Nor Above It, and That No Christian Doctrine Can be Properly Call'd a Mystery (second edition enlarged; London: Printed for S. Buckley, 1696), by John Toland (multiple formats at Google)
- Essays of a Biologist (second edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1923), by Julian Huxley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old (1813), by George Bethune English (Gutenberg text)
- History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe (4th edition in 2 volumes; London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870), by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe (revised edition in 2 volumes; New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1919), by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (HTML at libertyfund.org)
- Rationalism (London: Constable and Co., 1912), by J. M. Robertson (Gutenberg text)
- Studies in Rationalism, by E. Haldeman-Julius (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Theological Works of Thomas Paine (with a life of Paine by Blanchard; Chicago: Belford, Clarke, and Co.; St. Louis: Belford and Clarke, 1882), by Thomas Paine, contrib. by Calvin Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Three Discourses on the Religion of Reason, by Gerrit Smith (page images at MOA)
- Towards an Inclusive Democracy: The Crisis of the Growth Economy and the Need for a New Liberatory Project (London and New York: Cassell, c1997), by Takēs Phōtopoulos (PDF with commentary at inclusivedemocracy.org)
- Broken Lights: An Inquiry Into the Present Condition and Future Prospects of Religious Faith (London: Trübner and Co., 1864), by Frances Power Cobbe (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Claims of Christianity Examined from a Rationalist Standpoint, by Charles Watts (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Diegesis: Being A Discovery of the Origin, Evidences, and Early History of Christianity (Boston: J. P. Mendum, 1860), by Robert Taylor (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Five Pebbles From the Brook: A Reply to "A Defence of Christianity", Written by Edward Everett (Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1824), by George Bethune English (Gutenberg text)
- Joseph McCabe: Fighter for Freethought, by Isaac Goldberg (HTML at infidels.org)
- A Letter to the Reverend Mr. Channing, Relative to His Two Sermons on Infidelity (based on the 1813 edition), by George Bethune English (Gutenberg text)
- The Limits of Religious Thought Examined in Eight Lectures Delivered Before the University of Oxford (Boston: Gould and Lincoln; et al., 1859), by Henry Longueville Mansel (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Limits of Religious Thought Examined in Eight Lectures Delivered Before the University of Oxford (Boston: Gould and Lincoln; et al., 1860), by Henry Longueville Mansel
- Men, Women and Gods, and Other Lectures (12th edition; New York: Truth Seeker Co., c1885), by Helen H. Gardener, contrib. by Robert Green Ingersoll (Gutenberg text)
- The Rationalist's Manual, by M. D. Aletheia (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Three Impostors, Translated (With Notes and Comments) From a French Manuscript of the Work Written in the Year 1716, With a Dissertation on the Original Treatise, and a Bibliography of the Various Editions (editorship attributed to Briggs; 1904), ed. by Samuel Briggs
- Wilhelm von Humboldts Geschichtliche Weltanschauung im Lichte des Klassischen Subjektivismus der Denker und Dichter von Königsberg, Jena, und Weimar (Leipziger Studien aus dem Gebiet der Geschichte, v. 7 #3, in German; Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1901), by Otto Kittel
- Reason in Religion, by Frederic Henry Hedge (page images at MOA)
- Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth, by Mirza Tahir Ahmad (HTML at alislam.org)
- Historias de la Corte Celestial, por un Sacristan Jubilado (in Spanish; Madrid: Imprenta popular, ca. 1891), by Narciso Campillo y Correa (page images at HathiTrust)
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