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PANORAMA OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT CONTENTS Preface 7 Introduction 8 Archetypes of the Enlightenment 16 1 What Was the Enlightenment? 22 The Language of Light 36 The Encyclopédie, Engine of the Enlightenment 46 2 The Sociable Enlightenment 54 Getting Together: Coffee Houses and Conversation 62 Reading: The Making of the Enlightenment 74 3 Marriage, Children and Gender: The Enlightenment Family 90 Enlightenment Animals 102 The Comfortable Home 116 4 The Global Enlightenment 128 The Four Continents 142 Mythical China: Chinoiserie, Mandarins and Markets 154 5 Exploring the Self 180 Masks and Masked Balls: Disguising the Self 190 The Island of Love 202 6 Authority and Architecture 208 The Salines de Chaux 214 Sans Souci: Frederick II of Prussia, Palaces and a Chinese Pavilion 230 7 Science and Medicine 238 Isaac Newton: Exploring the Cosmos and Capturing Light 252 The Art of Anatomy 268 8 Epilogue: The Legacy of the Enlightenment 278 The Vision of Matthias Koeppel 294 Timeline 304 Men and Women 305 Enlightenment Places 313 Suggestions for Further Reading 315 Sources of Illustrations 317 Index 318
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Enlightenment.
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.