Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Enlightenment
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Contents
- The Enlightenment
- Precursors
- The Enlightenment as a Propaganda Project
- The Enlightenment and Political Analysis
- The Enlightenment Evaluation of the Human Condition
- The Enlightenment and Economics
- Enlightenment and Philosophy
- Enlightenment Attitudes
- The Social Setting
- Enlightenment Philosophy - Full Texts
- Enlightenment Politics and Economics - Full Texts
- Religion in an Age of Reason
- Opposition to Religion
- State and Religion
- Rational Christianity
- Evangelicalism
- Catholic Pietism
- Jewish Responses
The Enlightenment
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WEB Eighteenth Century Resources [Was At Rutgers, now Internet Archive]
- Summary Rebirth of
Philosophy: Empiricism and Rationalism
- Wikipedia: Age of Enlightenment
- Standord Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Enlightenment [Internet Archive version here]
- Precursors
- John Locke: see Constitutionalism Page at this for links to all his texts online here.
- Voltaire (1694-1778): On John Locke, from Letters
on the English or Lettres Philosophiques, c. 1778 [At this Site]
- The Enlightenment as a Propaganda Project
- Voltaire (1694-1778): Patrie, in The
Philosophical Dictionary, 1752 [At this Site]
Voltaire's attack on national chauvinism - and his views than people should be citizens of
the world.
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Voltaire (1694-1778): Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne, 1756 [Was At Geneva, now Internet Archive][In French]
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Voltaire (1694-1778): Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne, 1756 [Wikisource][In French] A savage attack on optimism.
- Voltaire (1694-1778): Poem on the Lisbon Disaster, 1756 trans.Joseph McCabe (1912) [Wikisource]
- Rev. Charles Davy: The Earthquake at Lisbon, 1755 [At
this Site]
It was this earthquake that was behind Candide, and Voltaire's attack on Leibniz
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Voltaire (1694-1778): Candide,
1759, excerpts [At Internet Archive, from Clinch Valley College]
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Voltaire (1694-1778): Candide, 1759
[At Project Gutenberg][Full Text]
- Voltaire (1694-1778): A Treatise on Toleration, 1763 [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
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Voltaire (1694-1778): Traité sur la tolérance, 1763 [Was At Geneva, now Internet Archive][In French]
- Voltaire (1694-1778): Traité sur la tolérance, 1763 [Project Gutenberg][In French]
- Voltaire (1694-1778): Treatise on Tolerance, 1763 English trans. [Was Constitution ord. now Internet Archive]
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Voltaire (1694-1778): On English Government,
from Philosophical Dictionary, 1764 [Was At Civnet, now Internet Archive]
- Voltaire (1694-1778): Les droits des hommes et les usurpations des papes, 1768 [Wikisource][In French]
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Voltaire (169-1778): Selections
from the Philosophical Dictionary [At Hanover]
- Jean Jacques Rousseau: Profession of Faith of a
Savoyard Vicar, 1782 [At this Site]
- Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689-1755): Persian Letters 1721., trans John Davidson 1899 [Wikisource]
- Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689-1755): Lettres persanes 1721., in Frencg [Wikisource]
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Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689-1755): Persian Letters, No. 11 and No. 12, 1721 [Was At William and Mary, now Internet Archive]
- Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689-1755): Persian
Letters, No. 13, 1721 [At this Site]
- The Enlightenment and Political Analysis
- Summary Enlightenment
Political Thought
- Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755): The Spirit of the Laws, 1748, excerpts [At this Site]
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Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755): The Spirit of the Laws,
1748, alternative excerpts [Was At Clinch Valley College, now Internet Archive]
- Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke: On
Patriotism, 1730-1754 [At this Site]
- Jean Jacques Rousseau: A Dissertation On the
Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind, Parts 1 and 2, 1755, extended
excerpts, [At this Site]
- Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): A Discourse Upon
The Origin and The Foundation of The Inequality among Mankind, full text, [At this
Site]
- Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): Second Discourse on
the Origins of Inequality, 1755 [At this Site]
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Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): Discours sur l'Origine et les Fondements de l'Inégalité parmi les Hommes, 1755 [Was At Geneva, now Internet Archive][Full Text][In French]
- Jean Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract, 1763,
extended excerpts, [At this Site]
- Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): The Social Contract,
1763, extracts [At this Site]
RG Reading Guide
- Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): The Social Contract, 1763, extracts [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): Du contrat social, 1763[Was At Geneva, now Internet Archive][Full Text][In French]
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Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-78): Emile [Full Text][At
Project Gutenberg]
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John Jacques Rousseau (1712-78): Emile, ou l'education, full text, in French and English [Was At Columbia ILT, now Interent Archive]
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John Jacques Rousseau (1712-78): Confessions full text [Project Gutenberg]
- Cesare Beccaria: An Essay on Crimes and Punishments,
excerpts [At this Site]
- The Enlightenment Evaluation of the Human Condition
- The Enlightenment and Economics
- Adam Smith (1723-90): The Wealth of Nations,
1776, an epitome, [At this Site]
- Adam Smith (1723-90): Wealth of Nations, 1776, chapter 1 [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
On the division of labor.
- Adam Smith (1723-90): Wealth of Nations, 1776, extracts on prices [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
- Adam Smith (1723-1790): Of Colonies, from The Wealth of Nations, 1776: [At The American Revolution Site] [Internet Archive version here]
- Adam Smith (1723-1790): The Cost of Empire from The Wealth of Nations, 1776: [At The American Revolution Site] [Internet Archive version here]
- Adam Smith (1723-90): The Principle of the Mercantile
System, 1776, from Wealth of Nations. [At this Site]
- Adam Smith (1723-90): Wealth of Nations,
Full Text. [At Artbin] [Internet Archive version here]
- Adam Smith (1723-90): Wealth of Nations,
Full Text. [Project Gutenberg]]
- Enlightenment and Philosophy
- David Hume (1711-1776): Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature [At this Site]
- David Hume (1711-1776): Of the Standard of Taste, 1760
[At this Site]
- Edmund Burke: On Taste, c. 1756 [At this Site]
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): On Paternalism, from On
the Relationship of Theory to Practice in Political Right, 1792 [Was At Civnet, now Internet Archive]
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Critique of Pure Reason, 1781,
(1929 Norman Kemp Smith translation), excerpts [At this Site]
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
,
1783 [Was At Minnesota State, now Internet Archive][Full text]
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): What is Enlightenment?, 1784
[At this Site]
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Michel Foucault (1926-84): What is
Enlightenment? [At Foucault.info] [Internet Archive version here]
- Enlightenment Attitudes
- The Social Setting
- Enlightenment Philosophy - Full Texts
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Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592): Essays,
1575 [Project Gutenberg]
More a pre-cursor than an Enlightenment thinker.
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John Locke (1632-1704): A Second Treatise of Government 1689 [Project Gutenberg]
- John Locke (1632-1704): An Essay Concerning Human Understandining Vol 1, and Vol 2, 1690 [Project Gutenberg]
- George Berkeley: A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, 1710 [Project Gutenberg]
- George Berkeley: A Defence
of Free-Thinking in Mathematics [At Trinity College Dublin][Full Text] [Internet Archive version here]
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Gottfried Leibniz: The
Monadology, 1714. [At Marxists.org][Full Text]
- Adam Smith (1723-90): Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1759 [Project Gutenberg]
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David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding[Project Gutenberg]
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David Hume: Essays on
Suicide and Immortality, 1783 ed. [At Infidels.org][Full Text] [Internet Archive version here]
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, 1780 [At Gutenberg Project][Full Text]
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): The Critique of Pure Reason, 1781 [At Project Gutenberg][Full Text]
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Critique of Pure Reason, 1781 , (1929 Norman Kemp Smith translation) [Was At Chinese University of Hong Kong, now Internet Archive][Full Text]
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Introduction to the
metaphysics of morals, 1785 [At Marxists.org][Full Text]
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Fundamental
principles of the metaphysic of morals, 1785 [At Project Gutenberg][Full Text]
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Critique of
Practical Reason, 1788 [At Project Gutenberg][Full Text]
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Critique Of Judgment, 1790 [At Project Gutenberg][Full Text]
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): The Science Of Right, 1790, [Was At Adelaide, now Internet Archive]
- Enlightenment Politics and Economics - Full Texts
- Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws, Translated by
Thomas Nugent, revised by J. V. Prichard, 1914 ed., [Was At Constitution.org, now Internet Archive][Full text]
- Jean Jacques Rousseau: A Discourse on Political Economy, 1755, [Was At Constitution.org, now Internet Archive][Full text]
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Adam Smith (1723-90): Wealth of Nations 1776 [At Project Gutenberg][Full text]
- Adam Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society, 1767 [At Project Gutenberg][Full text]
- Caesar Beccaria: A Discourse on
Public Economy and Commerce [At McMaster][Full text] [Internet Archive version here]
- David Hume (1711-1776): Selected Essays, [Project Gutenberg]
- David Hume (1711-1776): Of the Original Contract, 1748 [Was At Constitution.org, now Internet Archive][Full text]
- David Hume (1711-1776): Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth, 1754 [Was At Constitution.org, now Internet Archive][Full text]
- David Hume (1711-1776): Of Interest [At McMaster][Full text] [Internet Archive version here]
- David Hume (1711-1776): Of the Balance of
Trade [At McMaster][Full text] [Internet Archive version here]
- David Hume (1711-1776): Of Money,
1752 [At McMaster][Full text] [Internet Archive version here]
- Jeremy Bentham: Defence of Usury,
1787 [At Mcmaster][Full text] [Internet Archive version here]
- Blackstone's Commentaries, with
notes by St. George Tucker, 1803, [Was At Constitution.org, now Internet Archive][Full text]
- David Ricardo (1772-1823): The
principles of political economy and taxation, 1815 (third ed. 1821) [At McMaster][Full
text] [Internet Archive version here]
- James Kent: Commentaries on American Law, 1826, [Was At Constitution.org, now Internet Archive][Full text]
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- Opposition to Religion
- State and Religion
- Rational Christianity
- Evangelicalism
- Catholic Pietism
- Jewish Responses
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