Odyssey of the West Part 4, Toward Enlightenment

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  • Contributor:

    Baumann, Fred E.

    ,

    Madden, Thomas F.

    ,

    Shutt, Timothy Baker

    Summary:

    The Odyssey of the West series addresses in chronological sequence the works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought both in its own right and in cultural dialogue with other traditions. Part four provides a close look at the period from the Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution and into the early Enlightenment. These lectures take in the immense variety and singular achievements that have helped mold our present societies.

    Contents:
    • Machiavelli: The prince
    • Northern humanism
    • The northern Renaissance in art
    • The Italian High Renaissance in art
    • The Reformation
    • Exploration, the Hapsburg Empire, the Catholic Reformation, and the Golden Age of Spain
    • The wars of religion and Montaigne
    • Shakespeare: King Lear
    • Shakespeare: The tempest
    • Bacon and Descartes
    • The Scientific Revolution
    • The Dutch Golden Age
    • Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan
    • John Locke: Second treatise on government.
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD , Recorded Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781456105396

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Baumann, Fred E.

Madden, Thomas F.

Shutt, Timothy Baker

Abstract

The Odyssey of the West series addresses in chronological sequence the works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought both in its own right and in cultural dialogue with other traditions. Part four provides a close look at the period from the Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution and into the early Enlightenment. These lectures take in the immense variety and singular achievements that have helped mold our present societies.

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Prince Frederick, MD

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