The most famous book about this concept has been criticized for its exclusive focus on written, as opposed to visual and artistic sources, as well as its restriction to a "little flock" or "family" of people. Characters like Erasmus and Lucian debate over this concept in The Bridge of Criticism. A book about this concept fa
The most famous book about this concept has been criticized for its exclusive focus on written, as opposed to visual and artistic sources, as well as its restriction to a "little flock" or "family" of people. Characters like Erasmus and Lucian debate over this concept in The Bridge of Criticism. A book about this concept famously includes almost three hundred pages of "bibliographical essay," and includes a detailed study of Lichtenberg's notebooks and Wieland's poetry. That book finds a precursor to this concept in ancient Rome, which is placed in "dialectical" opposition to Christian (*) "mysticism." That book analyzes this concept as key to the "emancipation of art" from crafts, which proceeded from the rise of "good taste." Peter Gay is best-known for an "interpretation" of this time period as "The Science of Freedom" and "The Rise of Modern Paganism," which ends with this period's ideas being put into practice in the American Revolution. For 10 points, name this era of philosophes like Voltaire.
The most famous book about this concept has been criticized for its exclusive focus on written, as opposed to visual and artistic sources, as well as its restriction to a "little flock" or "family" of people.
the Enlightenment [accept "The Age of Reason"; accept The Enlightenment: An Interpretation, The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism, or The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom]