The Enlightenment Book

	Foreword	6
	Introduction: From the Darkness of the Past to the Dawn of the Modern Age	8
Chapter 1	The Origins of the Enlightenment
1	The Seventeenth-Century Worldview	17
2	Attitudes Toward Women: Stereotypes and Superstitions	28
3	The Philosophes Repudiate Medieval Christian Philosophy	35
Chapter 2	Political Theory and Practice During the Enlightenment
1	Locke on the Social Contract	46
2	Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws	53
3	Rousseau's Vision of an Ideal Society	63
4	The American Colonists: Republicans by Choice	71
5	A Comparison of the American and French Revolutions	78
Chapter 3	Religion, Secularism, and Science in the Enlightenment
1	Science Challenges Religion	90
2	The Triumph of Secularism	99
3	The Scientific Method and Its Achievements	106
Chapter 4	Social History and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe
1	Economic Expansion and Progress	116
2	Separate but Not Equal: Rousseau on Women	127
3	Salons, Mobs, and Mistresses: Women in French Political Life	135
4	The Mask of Manners in Civilized Society	140
Chapter 5	The Legacy of the Enlightenment
1	The Feminist Legacy in France	147
2	The Enduring Spirit of the Enlightenment	156
	Appendix of Documents	163
	Discussion Questions	188
	Chronology	191
	For Further Research	194
	Index	199