The enlightenment, vol.2: The science of freedom

In the present book Peter Gay describes the philosophes´ environment, their program, their view of progress, of science, of art, of society, and of politics. He explians the complex relationship and interaction between the two Enlightenments -the philsophic movement and the environment from which the philsophes drew ideas and support. His maserful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment´s critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.