ePub The Guru in South Asia: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies) by From Routledge in History

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge; exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution; Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print; making them highly accessible to libraries; undergraduate students; and independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume; Immanuel Kant; and Jean-Jacques Rousseau; as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day; such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++British LibraryT079210London : printed by Gilbert and Plummer; 1785; and sold at the Chapel in Jewry-Street; 1785. 38p. ; 8°