Rousseau’s Dog: Two Great Thinkers At War in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.) In 1766 philosopher, novelist, composer, and political provocateur Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a fugitive, decried by his enemies as a dangerous madman. Meanwhile David Hume—now recognized as the foremost philosopher in the English…
Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.)
Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.) Johann Sebastian Bach created what may be the most celestial and profound body of music in history; Frederick the Great built the colossus we now know as Germany,…