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THE AGE OF GENIUS THE AGE OF GENIUS The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind A. C. Grayling To the first graduating cohort of NCH: anima cultura gaudere History is philosophy teaching by examples Thucydides Non est ad astra mollis e terris via Seneca CONTENTS Map PART I: INTRODUCTION 1 Seeing the Universe 2 The Epoch in Human History PART II: A TIME OF WARS 3 The Origins of the Wars 4 The Loss of the Palatinate 5 The Mercenary Captains 6 The Edict of Restitution, 1629 7 The Swedish Apogee 8 From Wallenstein to Breisach 9 Towards Westphalia 10 In the Ruins of Europe 11 The Maritime Conflicts PART III: THE CUMULATION OF IDEAS 12 The Intelligencers 13 The Short Ways to Knowledge 14 Dr Dee and the Potent Art 15 The Rosicrucian Scare PART IV: FROM MAGIC TO SCIENCE 16 From Magic to Method 17 The Birth of Science 18 War and Science PART V: THE SOCIAL ORDER 19 Society and Politics 20 Language and Belief PART VI: CONCLUSION 21 Is It a Myth? Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments A Note on the Author By the Same Author Plate Section

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The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politic
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THE AGE OF GENIUS THE AGE OF GENIUS The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind A. C. Grayling To the first graduating cohort of NCH: anima cultura gaudere History is philosophy teaching by examples Thucydides Non est ad astra mollis e terris via Seneca CONTENTS Map PART I: INTRODUCTION 1 Seeing the Universe 2 The Epoch in Human History PART II: A TIME OF WARS 3 The Origins of the Wars 4 The Loss of the Palatinate 5 The Mercenary Captains 6 The Edict of Restitution, 1629 7 The Swedish Apogee 8 From Wallenstein to Breisach 9 Towards Westphalia 10 In the Ruins of Europe 11 The Maritime Conflicts PART III: THE CUMULATION OF IDEAS 12 The Intelligencers 13 The Short Ways to Knowledge 14 Dr Dee and the Potent Art 15 The Rosicrucian Scare PART IV: FROM MAGIC TO SCIENCE 16 From Magic to Method 17 The Birth of Science 18 War and Science PART V: THE SOCIAL ORDER 19 Society and Politics 20 Language and Belief PART VI: CONCLUSION 21 Is It a Myth? Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments A Note on the Author By the Same Author Plate Section

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The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politic
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