The Story of Civilization, Volume 7: The Age of Reason Begins pdf

William James Durant fue un prolífico escritor, historiador y filósofo estadounidense. Es mejor conocido por The Story of Civilization, de 11 volúmenes, escrito en colaboración con su esposa Ariel y publicado entre 1935 y 1975. Anteriormente, se destacó por su libro, The Story of Philosophy, escrito en 1926, que fue considerado "un trabajo innovador que ayudó a popularizar la filosofía". Recibieron el Premio Pulitzer de literatura en 1967 y la Medalla Presidencial de la Libertad en 1977.

The Story of Civilization, Volume 7: The Age of Reason Begins pdf por Will Durant

If there is a linchpin to understanding modern European history, it lies in the period of religious strife & scientific progress between the 1550s & 1650s. In The Age of Reason Begins, Will & Ariel Durant bring together a fascinating network of stories in their discussion of the bumpy road toward the Enlightenment. This is the age of great monarchs & greater artists: on the one hand, Elizabeth the First of England, Philip II of Spain & Henry IV of France; on the other, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Montaigne & Rembrandt. It also encompasses the heyday of Bacon, Galileo, Giordano Bruno & Descartes--the fathers of modern science & philosophy. But it is equally an age of extreme violence, a moment in which all Europe was embroiled in the horrible Thirty Years' War--in some respects, the real First World War. Whatever the case, this is a chapter in cultural history one can't set aside.