Historic Documents of the Enlightenment
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Description
Table of contents
Chapters
This volume explores critical aspects of the Age of Enlightenment, spanning the 17th and 18th centuries, through key primary documents, from letters and
speeches to government documents and royal edicts. Overview articles provide important context to the era, while the curated selection of documents helps make the volume an important starting point for
historical research.
This volume explores critical aspects of the Age of Enlightenment, spanning the 17th and 18th centuries, through key primary documents, from letters and
speeches to government documents and royal edicts. Overview articles provide important context to the era, while the curated selection of documents helps make the volume an important starting point for
historical research.
Contents
The Enlightenment
Kant and the Redemption of Enlightenment
Rousseau and Radicalization
From Locke to Jefferson
English Bill of Rights
John Locke: Second Treatise on Civil Government
John Locke: An Essay on Human Understanding
Charles de Montesquieu: The Spirit of Laws
Voltaire: Candide
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract
Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary
Catherine II of Russia: The Grand Instructions to the Commissioners
Denis Diderot: Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville
American Declaration of Independence
Immanuel Kant: “What Is Enlightenment?”
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Jeremy Bentham: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Marquis de Condorcet: Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind
Thomas Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population
David Ricardo: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
