RARE monograph on the diffusion of Cartesian science and its relationship to the secularization of society in the context of a particular educational institution, that of the Academy of Geneva between the period of Orthodoxy and the beginning of the Enlightenment. Michael Heyd (1943-2014) was professor of history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. 245x170 mm. XII+308 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover edges slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.