Matrix of Modernity
Roy Porter discusses how the British Enlightenment paved the way for the modern world.
This millennium year led historians to address moments in the past which represent epochs in human affairs. The Enlightenment comprised such a turning-point, since it secularised the world-view and trained eyes and attention towards the future. British thinkers played an influential part in this intellectual revolution – though that is a contribution often ignored or played down, by contrast to that of France.
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