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Book Title: The Sovereignty Of Reason: The Defense Of Rationality In The...
Number of Pages: 346 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Sovereignty of Reason : the Defense of Rationality in the Early English Enlightenment
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: History & Surveys / General, Modern / 18th Century, History & Surveys / Modern, Movements / Rationalism, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Item Height: 1 in
Item Weight: 23 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: History, Philosophy
Author: Frederick C. Beiser
Item Length: 9.6 in
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
