Buy used:
$6.83
FREE delivery May 14 - 17. Details
Used: Good | Details
Sold by Reliant Distribution
Condition: Used: Good
Comment: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Isaiah Berlin
+ Follow
More books from this author
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

The Age of Enlightenment: The 18th Century Philosophers Paperback – March 10, 1984

by Isaiah Berlin (Editor)
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
See all formats and editions
In this stimulating volume, Sir Isaiah Berlin lucidy and succinctly presents commentaries on, and selections from, the basic writings of the brilliant philosophers Berkeley, Locke, Hume, and others - men who believed that science's achievements in the material world could be translated into philosphical terms. The challenging ideas of these great thinkers - and their equally great critics - remain the classical foundation of liberal humanism and rationalism in the West, so unparalleled for their lucidity, courage, hatred of darkness, and love of truth that they are of vital interest to men and women today.
Read more Read less
Previous page
  1. Print length
    282 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Plume
  4. Publication date
    March 10, 1984
  5. Dimensions
    5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0452009049
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0452009042
  8. See all details
Next page
The Amazon Book Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Plume (March 10, 1984)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 282 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0452009049
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0452009042
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Isaiah Berlin

Isaiah Berlin

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Customer reviews

4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5
9 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Jill McKeever
5.0 out of 5 stars He enjoyed this one while studying the French Revolution
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2014
Verified Purchase
My teen enjoys reading about the people behind the historical events more so than the events themselves. He enjoyed this one while studying the French Revolution.
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Joseph Palombo
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2017
Verified Purchase
Little about the Enlightenment, only a few excerpts from some authors.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
pulling cheek swirl better shake up
4.0 out of 5 stars great lesson in Hume
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2012
Berlin became a favorite philosophy expert of the New York Review of Books so I previously read many of his books. The long section of this summary of a century of philosophy explains the key ideas from an early work of David Hume and which paragraph woke Kant from his dogmatic slumber. If thinking is like a bobsled in which people learn to shift their weight according to the direction of the turn the bobsled is in, Berlin is an ideal commentator to make words on the page seem significant. Several hundred years of powerful technology separate us from the original readers of these philosophies. People can try to make machines keep track of important transactions, but most readers will still have too much in common with brains that are asleep.
7 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Michelle White
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2014
Verified Purchase
It's a very hard book to read. The language used is so complicated. Very challenging.
2 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

frank
3.0 out of 5 stars Rare book not easily found elsewhere.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2023
Verified Purchase
Pleasure to find an old masterpiece in good quality paperback.
Report