Main entry:

Grayling, A. C., author.

Title & Author:

The age of genius : the seventeenth century and the birth of the modern mind / A.C. Grayling.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Description:

x, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
"First published in Great Britain, 2016"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340) and index.
Introduction. Seeing the universe ; The epoch in human history -- A time of wars. The origins of the wars ; The loss of the Palatinate ; The mercenary captains ; The Edict of Restitution, 1629 ; The Swedish apogee ; From Wallenstein to Breisach ; Towards Westphalia ; In the ruins of Europe ; The maritime conflicts -- The cumulation of ideas. The intelligencers ; The short ways to knowledge ; Dr Dee and the potent art ; The Rosicrucian scare -- From magic to science. From magic to method ; The birth of science ; War and science -- The social order. Society and politics ; Language and belief -- Conclusion. Is it a myth?
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politics ... Grayling points to three primary factors [behind this epochal shift]: the rise of vernacular (popular) languages in philosophy, theology, science, and literature; the rise of the individual as a general and not merely an aristocratic type; and the invention and application of instruments and measurement in the study of the natural world"--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

9781620403440 (hardcover)
1620403447 (hardcover)
(ePub)
9781620403457
9781408870389 (pbk.)
140887038X (pbk.)

Subject:

Civilization, Modern 17th century.
Seventeenth century.
Civilisation 17e siècle.
Dix-septième siècle.
02.01 history of science and culture.
Civilization, Modern
Intellectual life
NEW LIST 20160430.
Europe Intellectual life 17th century.
Europe History 17th century.
Europe Vie intellectuelle 17e siècle.
Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
Europe
Europa.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294463
Call No.: BIB 240046
Status: Available