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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Grayling, A. C., author.     Subjects     Civilization, Modern -- 17th century.     Seventeenth century.     Science -- History.     War -- History.     Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.     Europe -- History -- 17th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Grayling, A. C., author.       by title:      The age of genius : ...         MARC Display

The age of genius : the seventeenth century and the birth of the modern mind / A.C. Grayling. by Grayling, A. C., author. New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2016. Subjects Civilization, Modern -- 17th century.   Seventeenth century.   Science -- History.   War -- History.   Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.   Europe -- History -- 17th century. ISBN:  9781620403440 (hardcover) : 1620403447 (hardcover) Description:  x, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 25 cm Edition:  First U.S. edition. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 940.252 Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.252 Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.252 Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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