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Encyclopedia of Philosophy

World Book Online: type in Enlightenment.

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Books about the Age of Enlightenment 

Books about daily life in England during the 18th century

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Other titles

The empire of reason; how Europe imagined and America realized the enlightenment 

Before the Deluge - Public Debt, Inequality, and the Intellectual Origins of the French Revolution

Introducing the Enlightenment

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What is Enlightenment? 
An English translation of Immanuel Kant’s article written in 1784 in answer to the question, “What is Enlightenment?”.

The Age of Enlightenment