THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.

PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 11, 1969
SECOND PRINTING, FEBRUARY 1978
Copyright © 1969 by Peter Gay

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:
66–10740

Portions of Chapter One first appeared in slightly different form as “The Enlightenment as Medicine and as Cure,” in The Age of Enlightenment: Studies Presented to Theodore Besterman, edited by W. H. Barber et al. (Published by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1967, for the University Court of the University of St. Andrews.) Portions of the Finale first appeared in slightly different form as “A Program in Practice: America’s Meaning for the Enlightenment,” in University Review, 1 (May 1969).

eISBN: 978-0-307-83145-3

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