TY - BOOK AU - Grayling, A.C. TI - The age of genius: the seventeenth century and the birth of the modern mind SN - 978-1-4088-7002-0 U1 - 940.252 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury, KW - Πολιτισμός KW - Ευρώπη KW - Πνευματική ζωή KW - Ευρώπη-- KW - Ιστορία-- KW - 17ος αιώνας N1 - Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφία (σ. 337-340) και ευρετήριο; Introduction. Seeing the universe ; The epoch in human history -- A time of wars. The origins of the wars ; The loss of the Palatinate ; The mercenary captains ; The Edict of Restitution, 1629 -- The Swedish apogee ; From Wallenstein to Breisach ; Towards Westphalia ; In the ruins of Europe ; The maritime conflicts -- The cumulation of ideas. The intelligencers ; The short ways to knowledge ; Dr Dee and the potent art ; The Rosicrucian scare -- From magic to science. From magic to method ; The birth of science ; War and science -- The social order. Society and politics ; Language and belief -- Conclusion. Is it a myth? ER -