Join us for a ten-lecture series on the history and success of western societies as based on scientific knowledge and the primacy of reason, given by Piers Bursill-Hall of Cambridge University.

Sponsored by: Zvi Biener, Pat & Eric Gruenstein, Jody & Terry Grundy, David Grundy, Ran Mullins, Andrew Jeavons, and Bob Rack.

The Mercantile Library

Professional Year

A Pact with Reason: A Lecture Series

Philosophy of Nature

The Imperialism of the New Science

The Renaissance

The Ruthless Pursuit of Logic

The Stubborn Persistance of the Dream of Knowledge from Reason

The Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century

Two New Religions

A Scientific, Materialist Age, and the Final Extinction of Teleology

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

A Pact with Reason: Beginnings