Internet Bibliography for PHL 407

Enlightenment History and Philosophy

Primary Sources

Descarte’s Regulae (Rules for Philosophizing) http://eee.uci.edu/clients/bjbecker/RevoltingIdeas/week6a.html

Newton, Regulae Philosophandi (Rules for Philosophizing) http://www.oldandsold.com/articles34/mind-6.shtml http://eee.uci.edu/clients/bjbecker/RevoltingIdeas/week6d.html

Diderot, Rameau’s Nephew http://www.mala.bc.ca/~Johnstoi/diderot/rameau_E.htm

Voltaire, Candide http://www.literature.org/authors/voltaire/candide/

Voltaire, Extracts from The Philosophical Dictionary http://history.hanover.edu/texts/voltaire/volindex.html

Voltaire, Treatise on Tolerance http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/TOTOL.HTM

The Encyclopedia of Diderot and D’Alembert http://www.hti.umich.edu/d/did/

Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws http://www.constitution.org/cm/sol.htm

Montesquieu, from The Persian Letters, Letters 11 and 12: http://www.class.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Montesquieu%20-%20Letters.htm;
Letter 24: http://www.wm.edu/history/rbsche/plp/letter24.html

Rousseau, The Social Contract http://www.constitution.org/jjr/socon.htm


General Resources

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://www.iep.utm.edu/

Garth Kemmerling’s Philosophy Pages http://www.philosophypages.com/index.htm and http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/index.htm

Internet Modern History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook10.html

18th Century Resources- Philosophy http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/phil.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbookfull.html#The%20Enlightenment
This site is a portal to a wealth of full text sources. Scroll down to the Enlightenment.

Specific Resources

The European Enlightenment: a module by Richard Hooker at WSU
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ENLCONT.HTM includes:

Pre-enlightenment Europe: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PRE.HTM

The Case of England: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ENGLAND.HTM

17th century Enlightenment thought: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PREPHIL.HTM

Rene Descartes: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/DESCARTE.HTM

Blaise Pascal: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PASCAL.HTM

The Scientific Revolution: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/SCIREV.HTM

The 18th century: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/18TH.HTM

The Philosophes: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PHIL.HTM

Rousseau: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ROUSSEAU.HTM

Women: Communities, economies, opportunities: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/WOMEN.HTM

Absolute Monarchy and Enlightened Absolutism http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ABSOLUTE.HTM

The Industrial Revolution of the 19th Century http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/INDUSTRY.HTM

A Gallery of 17th and 18th Century Visual Culture http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/GALLERY.HTM

Enlightenment Reader: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLREAD.HTM

Glossary of Enlightenment Terms and concepts http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/ENLGLOSS.HTM

“What is Enlightenment?” by Immanuel Kant
http://philosophy.eserver.org/kant/what-is-enlightenment.txt

RADICAL ACADEMY: Adventures in Philosophy/Modern Philosophy http://radicalacademy.com/adiphilmodern.htm#intro

1. Overview of 17th Century Philosophy: A Study and Critique http://radicalacademy.com/adiphilmodessay1.htm

2. Overview of 18th and 19th Century Philosophy: A Study and Critique http://radicalacademy.com/adiphilmodessay2.htm

3. Prelude to Modern Philosophy http://radicalacademy.com/adiphilprelude.htm

4. The Philosophy of Rationalism http://radicalacademy.com/adiphilrationalism.htm

5. The Philosophy of Empiricism http://radicalacademy.com/adiphilempiricism.htm

6. The Philosophy of Illuminism (Enlightenment) http://radicalacademy.com/adiphililluminism.htm

“What is Enlightenment?” By Michel Foucault
http://philosophy.eserver.org/foucault/what-is-enlightenment.html

Philosophy Chronology: Timeline of Events, 1700-1799 http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/phil/blphil_chron_1700.htm

Philosophy Timelines: Wadsworth Philosophy Shoppe
http://www.thomsonedu.com/thomsonedu/disciplinesolutions.do?solId=2274&page=product

Christianity and the Enlightenment http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/enlightenment.htm