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1、THESTORYOFCIVILIZATION(tm)Ver.4.89:TheAgeofVoltaireDurant,Will&Ariel---------------------------------------------------------THESTORYOFCIVILIZATIONVOLUMENINETHEAGEOFVOLTAIRE1965AHistoryofCivilizationinWesternEuropefrom1715to1756,withSpecialEmphasisontheConflictbetweenReli
2、gionandPhilosophybyWillandArielDurantCopyright(C)1965byWillandArielDurantExclusiveelectronicrightsgrantedtoWorldLibrary,Inc.byTheEthelB.DurantTrust,WilliamJamesDurantEaston,andMonicaArielMihell.ElectronicallyEnhancedText(c)Copyright1994WorldLibrary,Inc.DEDICATION-TOOURBEL
3、OVEDGRANDSONJIMApology-BLAMEforthelengthofthisvolumemustrestwithauthorsfascinatedtoexuberantprolixitybythecentraltheme-thatpervasiveandcontinuingconflictbetweenreligionandscience-plus-philosophywhichbecamealivingdramaintheeighteenthcentury,andwhichhasresultedinthesecretse
4、cularismofourtimes.HowdiditcomeaboutthatamajorpartoftheeducatedclassesinEuropeandAmericahaslostfaithinthetheologythatforfifteencenturiesgavesupernaturalsanctionsandsupportstotheprecariousanduncongenialmoralcodeuponwhichWesterncivilizationhasbeenbased?Whatwillbetheeffects-
5、inmorals,literature,andpolitics-ofthissilentbutfundamentaltransformation?Thescaleoftreatmentineachvolumehasgrownwiththeincreasingnumberofpasteventsandpersonalitiesstillaliveintheirinfluenceandinteresttoday.Thisandthemultiplicityoftopics-allaspectsofcivilizationinWesternEu
6、ropefrom1715to1756-mayoffersomeexcusefortheproliferationofthetale.SoTheAgeofVoltaire*09000hasburstitsseams,andspillsoverintoacontemplatedPartX,RousseauandRevolution,whichwillcarrythestoryto1789.ThiswilllookatthetransformationoftheworldmapbytheSevenYears'War;thelateryearso
7、fLouisXV,1756-74;theepochofJohnsonandReynoldsinEngland;thedevelopmentoftheIndustrialRevolution;thefloweringofGermanliteraturefromLessingtoGoethe,ofGermanphilosophyfromHerdertoKant,ofGermanmusicfromGlucktoMozart;thecollapseoffeudalismintheFranceofLouisXVI;andthehistoryofth
8、oseperipheralnations-Sweden,Denmark,Poland,Russia,Turkey,Italy,Portugal,Spain-whichhavebeendefer
