SCOUT· 63%1h 17m·2026-06-08·Science356 | Andrea Wulf on Enlightenment, Nature, Romanticism, and Modernity
All ideas have a history, no matter how inevitable and well-entrenched they may seem to us today. The later Enlightenment was a heady time when people were exploring new conceptions of nature, humanity, and the self. Andrea Wulf is a writer of narrative histories, examining the origins of ideas through the lives of…
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“A wonderful episode. Very rich in historical detail. Four years of listening to various episodes of this channel, this is amongst my favorites. Andrea Wulf is excellent.”
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