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Towards the best of all possible worlds

The Dream of Enlightenment follows Anthony Gottlieb’s superb The Dream of Reason — now a modern classic — and looks set to become one too

  • The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy

    Anthony Gottlieb

    Allen Lane, pp. 300

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