The Enlightenment: A Very Brief History

by Anthony Kenny

'If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.'
Voltaire

Montesquieu, Hume, Voltaire, Diderot, Smith, Gibbon, Bentham... These are among the great thinkers who contributed to the dramatic developments in religion, science and philosophy that we now call the Enlightenment. They dominated the second half of the eighteenth century and their writings continue to shape the intellectual and political worlds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 028107643X
• ISBN13: 9780281076437
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.6"