Episode 55: Enlightenment 101

Michial Farmer moderates a discussion with David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour about the fascinating period known as the Enlightenment. Using the theme of compartmentalization, the Humanists attempt to articulate connections between the scientific, philosophical, political, and religious tendencies of thinkers between the late seventeenth and the early nineteenth centuries. Among the texts, ideas, and intellectuals we discuss are Rene Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Adam Smith, David Hume, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Immanuel Kant, Emanuel Swedenborg, and Jonathan Edwards.