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The Enlightenment: A Very Brief History (Very Brief Histories Book 0) by [Anthony Kenny]

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Sir Anthony Kenny FBA was born in Liverpool in 1931, and was educated at Upholland College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. From 1963 to 1989 he was at Balliol College, Oxford, first as Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, and then as Master. He later became Warden of Rhodes House, President of the British Academy and of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, and Chair of the Board of the British Library. In 2006 Kenny was awarded the American Catholic Philosophical Association's Aquinas Medal for his significant contributions to philosophy.

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The author not only has a remarkable grasp of the broad sweep of philosophical ideas, but is also an authority in his own right. The fluency and elegance of the writing, and the sensitivity to cultural and historical context, together with the eminence of the author, will ensure a wide international readership.

The book's great merit is its lucidity and approachability, and it probably does convey some of the excitement which Kenny claims belongs to the subject."

This is simply a jolly good read, with pithy historical and biographical scene–setters, authoritative accounts of how successive philosophers have contributed to the development of Western thought, and often brilliant single–sentence summaries.

A Brief History of Western Philosophy is a stimulating, impressive work by one of Britain's leading philosophers. It is valuable both as an introduction to the history of ideas as well as a record of a distinguished philosopher's mature reflections...It is a richly detailed, critical look at philosophy, displaying both Kenny's love for philosophical engagement and for good history...Kenny's style is unpretentious, effective, and at times wonderfully informal and amiable.

As a very short introduction to a vast topic, The Enlightenment works a treat, thanks to the author’s flair for marshalling all he knows into succinct, lucid, eloquent prose. -- Michael Duggan --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Concise historical introduction to The Enlightenment and its continuing influence on the world and how we see it --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076627BCR
Publisher ‏ : ‎ SPCK (October 19, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 19, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2094 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 142 pages

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- #489 in Humanism Philosophy
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- #1,288 in Modern Philosophy (Kindle Store)

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