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The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind
A. C. Grayling
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Description for The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind
Paperback. Bestselling author A. C. Grayling explains how--fueled by original and unorthodox thinking, war, and technological invention--the seventeenth century became the crucible of modernity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBLH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from the ground, and 1649, when a large crowd, perhaps including some who had seen Macbeth forty-four years earlier, could stand and watch the execution of a king? Or consider the difference between a magus casting a star chart and the day in 1639, when Jonathan Horrock and William Crabtree watched the transit of Venus across the face of the sun from their attic, successfully testing its course ... Read more
What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from the ground, and 1649, when a large crowd, perhaps including some who had seen Macbeth forty-four years earlier, could stand and watch the execution of a king? Or consider the difference between a magus casting a star chart and the day in 1639, when Jonathan Horrock and William Crabtree watched the transit of Venus across the face of the sun from their attic, successfully testing its course ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408870020
SKU
V9781408870020
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About A. C. Grayling
A.C. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy at and Master of the New College of the Humanities, London. He believes that philosophy should take an active, useful role in society and is a prolific author, whose books include philosophy, ethics, biography, history, drama and essays. He has been a regular contributor to The Times, Financial Times, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Economist, ... Read more
Reviews for The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind
Britain's most eminent publicly engaged philosopher
Scotland on Sunday
If there is any such person in Britain as The Thinking man, it is A. C. Grayling
The Times
Grayling is particularly good at illuminating the knottiness of moral discourse
Sunday Times
There is an immense depth of human wisdom on display here, and five ... Read more
Scotland on Sunday
If there is any such person in Britain as The Thinking man, it is A. C. Grayling
The Times
Grayling is particularly good at illuminating the knottiness of moral discourse
Sunday Times
There is an immense depth of human wisdom on display here, and five ... Read more