Correspondance générale d'Helvétius, Volume III : : 1761-1774 / Lettres 465-720 / / Claude Adrien Helvétius; David Smith, Peter Allan, Alan Dainard, Marie-Thérèse Inguenaud, Jean Orsoni.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Helvétius, Claude Adrien,
• HerausgeberIn: Allan, Peter,; Dainard, Alan,; Inguenaud, Marie-Thérèse,; Orsoni, Jean,; Smith, David ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: French
• Series: Correspondance générale d'Helvétius ; 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (510 p.)

The first two volumes of the Correspondance générale d'Helvétius inspired international acclaim. Now the third volume offers us further insight into a variety of aspects of life in eighteenth-century France.Claude-Adrian Helvétius (1715-71) was a wealthy and high-ranking member of French society. He was acquainted with the leading political and social figures of his time and, through family, with the court and government which he occasionally served in a diplomatic capacity. Philosopher, encyclopedist, and author of the explosive De l'Esprit, he and his wife, Anne Catherine de Ligneville, corresponded with the great and influential throughout Europe.The letters in this volume were written between 1761 and 1774, a period in which Helvétius enjoyed the fruits of his fame, travelled to England (1764) and Prussia (1765), and produced two books, Le Bonheur and De l'homme, which were published after his death.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Complément aux Principes de la présente édition -- Remerciements -- Complement aux Abréviations et sigles bibliographiques -- Letteres 465–720 -- 465–545 -- 546–630 -- 631–720 -- Appendices 17, 18 -- Table des Illustrations -- Backmatter