Age of Reason philosophy cultural history intellectual history The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries A study of the evolution of European society from the end of the seventeenth century to the outbreak of World War I. Its politics, the nature of its social system, the workings of its economy, and its intellectual accomplishments. Particular attention given to the analyses made by critics and thinkers contemporary to the matters treated in the subject. Spring 2002 Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel Professor Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries goya monsters Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, 1797-1798 photo, Rick Stafford. Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Gift of Philip Hofer © President and Fellows of Harvard College Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. Goya Francisco FranciscoGoya 1746 1828. Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel Professor Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel Age of Reason philosophy cultural history intellectual history MIT OpenCourseWare