![]() I suppose I like to savor them - and put off coming to the end. I read this book slowly, as I tend to do with very good books. Gay is a magnificent scholar and in The Enlightenment, he weaves a stunning tapestry, linking the philosophes of the enlightenment back to the classics and the humanists of the Renaissance, who laid the groundwork for the mighty thinkers of the 1700s. I'm a decent amateur historian of the past two centuries, but remain unschooled regarding the details of the classics, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. ![]() I did vaguely remember hearing very good things about Peter Gay and now I know why. I found this really ratty copy of The Enlightenment (1964) on my shelves – it had been snoozing there for years - I probably picked it up for 50 cents at a library sale. ![]() ![]() Current events have been bumming me out lately so I decided to read something old. ![]()
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