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Quality
I found the first few chapters rather heavy going as i tried to get to grips with the who's who and their philosophical, scient... Read More
This is a very good overview of the enlightenment, especially if one is unfamiliar with the subject.
I am neither an historian nor a philosopher, so i cannot argue with the theories set forth in this hourly histories volume, but... Read More
Packaging/appearance
The age of enlightenment is a cultural and intellectual movement that began in the second half of the 1600s and extended over 1... Read More
I came across a few typographical/editorial errors in the the kindle file, but i assume these will be corrected as they are dis... Read More
Competitiveness
Did a good job of providing a quick survey of an important and foundational influence on the modern world.
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subject, short, hourly, good and great. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 291 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 28 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It mentions the most relevant people and themes of the era
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is not a philosophy book and yet not possible to cover ideas of all the thinkers of this era in a concise short book as this
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There does seem to be an audience for brief but wellresearched and engagingly argued treatments of such issues witness the ever expanding very short introductions published by oxford university press and penguins lives series of short biographies
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In both cases the subjects seem to have been assigned to specific authors both because the author is an authority on the subject whether universally recognized as such or not and because the assigned author promises to give an original or controversial take on the subject
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is not the case for anonymously written treatments such as the ones offered by hourly histories
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
To be fair this is not to say the hourly histories are secretly advancing a specific agenda of any kind it just means some readers may find themselves wondering how complete and balanced the coverage of a topic is
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One could also compare the hourly histories series to wikipedia treatments of comparable subjects
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The hourly histories volume the age of enlightenment does not share wikipedias shortcomings
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