Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. Part I. Enlightenments We Have Known
5. 1. The Changing Picture of the Enlightenment 3
6. 2. Some Attempts at Definition 15
7. 3. Theories on the Origins of the Enlightenment 28
8. Tart II. The Renaissance Enlightenment
9. 4. The Challenge of the Renaissance 61
10. 5. The Response of Renaissance Man 77
11. Part III. Enlightenment And Baroque
12. 6. The Conditions of Baroque Thought 131
13. 7. The Intellectual Response of Baroque Man 169
14. Part IV. Enlightenment and Classicism
15. 8. The Conditions of French Classicism 349
16. 9. Travel Fiction and the Drive for Continuity 361
17. 10. Two Classical Free-Thinkers 392
18. 11. The Structuring of Enlightenment Attitudes 418
19. Conclusion: The Making of a Spirit 644
20. Bibliography 661
21. Index 669