Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot

D'Alembert, Jean Le Rond, and Alembert, Jean Le Rond D', and Schwab, Richard (Translated by)

ISBN 10: 0672602768 / ISBN 13: 9780672602764

Published by MacMillan Publishing Company, 1963

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Text in English, French. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 170 p. Library of Liberal Arts, 88. clean and tight near fine, spine is not creased looks unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1963
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672602768
• ISBN 13: 9780672602764
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Edition: 8TH Printing.
• Condition: Very good.

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Synopsis

Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot expresses the hopes, dogmas, assumptions, and prejudices that have come to characterize the French Enlightenment. In this preface to the Encyclopedia, d'Alembert traces the history of intellectual progress from the Renaissance to 1751. Including a revision of Diderot's Prospectus and a list of contributors to the Encyclopedia, this edition, elegantly translated and introduced by Professor Richard Schwab, is one of the great works of the Enlightenment and an outstanding introduction to the philosophes.

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With notable economy and vigor, Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot expresses the hopes, dogmas, assumptions, and prejudices that characterized the French Enlightenment. In this preface to the Encyclopedia, d'Alembert traces the history of intellectual progress from the Renaissance to 1751. Including a revision of Diderot's Prospectus and a list of contributors to the Encyclopedia, this edition, elegantly translated and introduced by Professor Richard Schwab, is one of the great works of the Enlightenment and an outstanding introduction to the philosophes.