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The enlightenment and ideas of liberty in Europe

The enlightenment and ideas of liberty in Europe AEJ 4:471–476 (2006) DOI 10.1007/s10308-005-0006-6 ESSAY Simon Harvey The enlightenment and ideas of liberty in Europe Published online: 31 October 2006 © Springer-Verlag 2006 Liberty in the Enlightenment is a vast and complex subject. It involves most countries in Europe, although the Anglo-French context will be the one on which I will concentrate in this lecture. It is true that Germany figures with the names of Leibniz and Kant, Italy with Vico and Beccaria, and Holland too with the great Spinoza. But I will be focussing here mainly on developments in England and in France during the 17th and 18th centuries. The very term ‘Enlightenment’ (le siècle des lumières in French, die Aufklärung in German) carries with it a message. I would like to start out by quoting Alexander Pope’s lines from his celebrated Essay on Man of 1733: “Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in Night/God said: Let Newton be, and all was Light!” Bringing light where there was darkness is Pope’s concern here. And the reference to Isaac Newton underlines the fact that the Enlightenment had its basis in a scientific movement of ideas. But at the same time this scientific advance had much wider philosophical implications, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Europe Journal Springer Journals

The enlightenment and ideas of liberty in Europe

Harvey, Simon
Asia Europe Journal , Volume 4 (4) – Oct 31, 2006
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AEJ 4:471–476 (2006) DOI 10.1007/s10308-005-0006-6 ESSAY Simon Harvey The enlightenment and ideas of liberty in Europe Published online: 31 October 2006 © Springer-Verlag 2006 Liberty in the Enlightenment is a vast and complex subject. It involves most countries in Europe, although the Anglo-French context will be the one on which I will concentrate in this lecture. It is true that Germany figures with the names of Leibniz and Kant, Italy with Vico and Beccaria, and Holland too with the great Spinoza. But I will be focussing here mainly on developments in England and in France during the 17th and 18th centuries. The very term ‘Enlightenment’ (le siècle des lumières in French, die Aufklärung in German) carries with it a message. I would like to start out by quoting Alexander Pope’s lines from his celebrated Essay on Man of 1733: “Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in Night/God said: Let Newton be, and all was Light!” Bringing light where there was darkness is Pope’s concern here. And the reference to Isaac Newton underlines the fact that the Enlightenment had its basis in a scientific movement of ideas. But at the same time this scientific advance had much wider philosophical implications,

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