356 Andrea Wulf on Enlightenment, Nature, Romanticism, and Modernity

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas by Sean Carroll

Jun 8, 202601:17:13Science & Medicine

All ideas have a history, no matter how inevitable and well-entrenched they may seem to us today. The later Enlightenment was a heady time when people were exploring new conceptions of nature, humanity, and the self. And...

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