The Idea of the Sciences in the French Enlightenment : A Reinterpretation [1 ed.] 9781644530658, 9781644530641

This book traces the development of the idea that the sciences were morally enlightening through an intellectual history

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The Idea of the Sciences in the French Enlightenment : A Reinterpretation [1 ed.]
9781644530658, 9781644530641

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A study of the evolution and relevant social context of philosophical ideas on progress, science, nature, and metaphysic

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An exploration of the roots of the contemporary dissatisfaction with the modern Enlightenment. The author argues that th

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With the same sense of historical responsibility and veracity he has exemplified in his studies on Voltaire, Ira O. Wade

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The cult of decadence is usually dismissed as an eccentricity of French literature. However, the nineteenth century'

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Scenarios of the Imaginary will find a wide audience among students and scholars of French literature, particularly of t

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