The Birth of the Modern Mind: The Intellectual History of the 17th and 18th Centuries
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Alan Charles Kors
About this listen
Revolutions in thought (as opposed to those in politics or science) are in many ways the most far-reaching of all. They affect how we grant legitimacy to authority, define what is possible, create standards of right and wrong, and even view the potential of human life. Between 1600 and 1800, such a revolution of the intellect seized Europe, shaking the minds of the continent as few things before or since. What we now know as the Enlightenment challenged previously accepted ways of understanding reality, bringing about modern science, representative democracy, and a wave of wars, sparking what Professor Kors calls, "perhaps the most profound transformation of European, if not human, life."
In this series of 24 insightful lectures, you'll explore the astonishing conceptual and cultural revolution of the Enlightenment. You'll witness in its tumultuous history the birth of modern thought in the dilemmas, debates, and extraordinary works of the 17th and 18th-century mind, as wielded by the likes of thinkers like Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Pascal, Newton, Locke, Hume, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau.
And you'll understand why educated Europeans came to believe that they had a new understanding - of thought and the human mind, of method, of nature, and of the uses of knowledge - with which they could come to know the world correctly for the first time in human history, and with which they could rewrite the possibilities of human life.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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- Nicholas Windmiller
- 19-07-2018
solid lecture series on the subjuct
good lecture series I possibly would have liked more detail on the subjects discussed opposed to big picture portraits
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- anonymous aussie
- 09-04-2017
Helped with my study
Would you consider the audio edition of The Birth of the Modern Mind: The Intellectual History of the 17th and 18th Centuries to be better than the print version?
They compliment each other.
So no - both equally valuable for obvious reasons.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Kors delivers in a slower pace - which I believe is to allow the listening student to absorb/note points of interest or relevance.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
I like how Kors unfolds the information to you.
It's digestible and easy to follow.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Nope.
Repeat plays for this one.
Any additional comments?
Great buy.
I'm really glad I chose it, as it gave me an alternative perspective on the period I am studying, from an expert in that particular field.
Kors loves his topic and easily relays the important stuff to you as the listener but in an informal, relaxed form.
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