Book ID: CBB001552978

History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature (2011)

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Wolloch, Nathaniel (Author)


Ashgate


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: xviii + 290 pp.
Language: English

The mastery of nature was viewed by eighteenth-century historians as an important measure of the progress of civilization. Modern scholarship has hitherto taken insufficient notice of this important idea. This book discusses the topic in connection with the mainstream religious, political, and philosophical elements of Enlightenment culture. It considers works by Edward Gibbon, Voltaire, Herder, Vico, Raynal, Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, and a wide range of lesser- and better-known figures. It also discusses many classical, medieval, and early modern sources which influenced Enlightenment historiography, as well as eighteenth-century attitudes toward nature in general.

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Authors & Contributors
Wolloch, Nathaniel
Rothschild, Emma
Bow, Charles Bradford
Young, Jeffrey T.
Wood, Paul B.
Wilson, David Ball
Concepts
Philosophy
History as a discipline; chronology; study of the past
Reason
Medicine
Science and civilization
Intellectual history
Time Periods
18th century
Enlightenment
17th century
Places
Scotland
Americas
Great Britain
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