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

    By: Grayling, A. C [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2016Description: x, 351 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 map ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780747599425; 0747599424; 9781408870389; 140887038XSubject(s): Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century | Europe -- History -- 17th century | Intellectual life | Europe | Wissenschaftsentwicklung | Wissenschaft | Moderne | Geistesleben | Europa | 1600-1699Genre/Form: History.DDC classification: 940.252 LOC classification: CB401 | .G73 2016
    Contents:
    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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    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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