I just finished re-listening to this 40+ hour lecture series. I got so much more out of it the second time around. This series is my favorite by far. Each lecture in the series ties together as a coherent whole and thus it might not be for all listeners since there is a necessary complexity for unde...
This is probably the best introduction to the Enlightenment Age I've yet to come across. He starts the story at the end of the Reformation and the real beginnings of scientific inquiry which lays the ground work for the Enlightenment. It takes the wearing down of proof by authority with the Aristote...
This is a good summary review of the "Patriarch of the Enlightenment." I listened to these lectures in preparation for a book group that will be meeting to discuss the book, Candide.Voltaire was a prolific writer. He wrote poetry, plays, novels, histories, philosophy, and letters. During his long...
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