The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind

by A.C. Grayling

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The Age of Genius 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. Acclaimed philosopher and historian A.C. Grayling points to three primary factors that led to the rise of vernacular (popular) languages in...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1620403447

ISBN13:9781620403440

Release Date:March 2016

Publisher:Bloomsbury USA

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.58 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"

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