The second volume of Peter Gay''s in-depth study of the dawn of the modern worldthe Age of Reason.The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay''s brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book he describes the philosophes'' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment''s critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.