A Treatise on Political Economy by Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy is a foundational text of nineteenth-century, free-market economic thought and remains one of ...
Continue Reading βCosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe is an influential treatise on science and nature written by the German scientist and explorer ...
Continue Reading βThe legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769β1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799β1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist AimΓ© ...
Continue Reading βFriedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 β 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy ...
Continue Reading βThus Winckelmannβs project, which offered an ambitious survey of cultural history, found an eager audience in international circles comprised of Enlightenment intellectuals and cosmopolitan elites ...
Continue Reading βJohann Joachim Winckelmann 1717-68, a German scholar and art historian, was one of the most influential figures in the Neoclassical movement. In the second half ...
Continue Reading βThe so-called Sienese sketchbook of the famous architect and engineer Giuliano da Sangallo was originally in the library of Sienese scholar Giovanni Antonio Pecci. The ...
Continue Reading βJean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of ...
Continue Reading βProcopius’s History of the Wars in 8 books recounts the Persian Wars of emperors Justinus and Justinian down to 550 (2 books); the Vandalic War ...
Continue Reading βOn the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (19 April 1817) is a book by David Ricardo on economics. The book concludes that land rent ...
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