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This is a defense by Pagden (political science & history, Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Worlds at War) of Enlightenment thought. Although John V. Fleming's The Dark Side of the Enlightenment is the more exploratory, Pagden's is the more conservative, but both books are based on their authors' long familiarity with the age. Against the age's critics, who argue that the philosophes' hyper-skepticism...Log In or Sign Up to Read More