History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature
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Description
Outlines how eighteenth-century historians emphasized the use of nature as a precondition for cultural progress. Discusses such things as climatic theories, and stadial theories.
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Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate, 2011.
Date
07/27/2017
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Citation
Wolloch, Nathaniel, “History and Nature in the Enlightenment: Praise of the Mastery of Nature in Eighteenth-Century Historical Literature,” Legacies of the Enlightenment, accessed October 22, 2024, http://enlightenmentlegacies.org/items/show/29.