The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.
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A fourth volume (Shaw & Shoemaker 1672) was published in 1801. Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing "Copy right secured." - Vol. 1: 36, 4], 37-604 p.; v. 2: 632 p.; v. 3: 4], 9-611, 13] p. Errors in paging: v. 2, p. 559 misnumbered 359; v. 3, p. 540 misnumbered 240. Bristol's entry for a 1778?] edition of Witherspoon's "Recantation of Benjamin Towne" (Bristol B4838, Shipton & Mooney 43595) is based on a a copy of that piece detached from v. 3 of Witherspoon's Works. "Subscribers' names."--v. 3, p. 613-621]. "The following valuable books are for sale by William W. Woodward"--v. 3, p. 623].

Philadelphia: Printed and published by William W. Woodward, no. 17, Chesnut near Front Street, 1800. (Copy right secured). 3 v.; 8

The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D. L.L.D. Late President of the College, at Princeton New-Jersey. to Which Is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life, in a Sermon Occasioned by His Death of 3; Volume 2 - inbunden, Engelska, 2018