Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World

by James MacGregor Burns

Book Overview

"With this profound and magnificent book, drawing on his deep reservoir of thought and expertise in the humanities, James MacGregor Burns takes us into the fire's center. As a 21st-century philosopher, he brings to vivid life the incandescent personalities and ideas that embody the best in Western civilization and shows us how understanding them is essential for anyone who would seek to decipher the complex problems and potentialities of the world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250024897
• ISBN13: 9781250024893
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.6"