The second volume of Peter Gay"s in-depth study of the dawn of the modern world—the 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.