The Structure and Form of the French Enlightenment, Volume 2 : : Esprit Revolutionnaire / / Ira O. Wade.

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 moderne. The second volume probes the writings of Morelly, Helvetius, Holbach, Mably, and Condorce...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1978
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1691
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Physical Description:1 online resource (468 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • PART III. The Building of Organic Unity
  • FOREWORD
  • ORGANIC UNITY IN VOLTAIRE
  • ORGANIC UNITY IN DIDEROT
  • ORGANIC UNITY IN ROUSSEAU
  • ORGANIC UNITY IN THE ENCYCLOPÉDIE
  • PART IV. From "Esprit Philosophique" to "Esprit Révolutionnaire"
  • MORELLY AND THE DAWN OF TOTALITARIAN DEMOCRACY
  • HELVÉTIUS AND EVERYBODY'S SECRET
  • HOLBACH, VOLTAIRE, AND THE DEBATE ON ATHEISM
  • RAYNAL
  • MABLY
  • THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN REBELLION
  • CONDORCET AND PROGRESS
  • THE RESULT
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF NAMES
  • INDEX OF IDEAS
  • Backmatter