The Structure and Form of the French Enlightenment, Volume 1: Esprit Philosophique (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover

Wade, Ira O.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691052565 ISBN 13: 9780691052564

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1978

Synopsis

The author describes the influence on the Enlightenment of the intellectual currents that had been active in France, particularly the historical and humanistic esprit critique and the scientific esprit modern. In the first volume he traces the transformation they brought about in religion, ethics, aesthetics, science, politics, economics, and self-knowledge. His analysis of works by Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau―including the Encyclopedic―defines their organic unity and clarifies contradictions that appear to threaten the coherence, consistency, and logical continuity of the esprit philosophique.

Originally published in 1977.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0691052565
• ISBN 13: 9780691052564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 720