TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grayling,A.C.
TI  - The age of genius: the seventeenth century and the birth of the modern mind 
SN  - 9780747599425
AV  - CB401 .G73 2016
U1  - 940.252 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - fast
KW  - Wissenschaftsentwicklung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Wissenschaft
KW  - Moderne
KW  - Geistesleben
KW  - Europe
KW  - 17th century
KW  - History
KW  - Europa
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. I INTRODUCTION -- 1. Seeing the Universe -- 2. The Epoch in Human History -- pt. II A TIME OF WARS -- 3. The Origins of the Wars -- 4. The Loss of the Palatinate -- 5. The Mercenary Captains -- 6. The Edict of Restitution, 1629 -- 7. The Swedish Apogee -- 8. From Wallenstein to Breisach -- 9. Towards Westphalia -- 10. In the Ruins of Europe -- 11. The Maritime Conflicts -- pt. III THE CUMULATION OF IDEAS -- 12. The Intelligencers -- 13. The Short Ways to Knowledge -- 14. Dr Dee and the Potent Art -- 15. The Rosicrucian Scare -- pt. IV FROM MAGIC TO SCIENCE -- 16. From Magic to Method -- 17. The Birth of Science -- 18. War and Science -- pt. V THE SOCIAL ORDER -- 19. Society and Politics -- 20. Language and Belief -- pt. VI CONCLUSION -- 21. Is It a Myth?
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