Stability and Change: Teh Englightenment in Western Europe

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Otis E. Fellows
Columbia University (New York, NY 10027-7922)

T6 examine the confrontation of traditional values with manifestations of Enlightenment culture: a discussion of the Greco-Roman and Judeo- Christian roots that combined to give the background for the new spirit of modern aesthetic and ethical thought in Europe and America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Readings in fiction, drama, government, religion, philosophy and the history of science.