Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot The Library Of Liberal Arts

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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.

Book details

Author:
Jean Le d'Alembert
ISBN:
9780226134765
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Pages:
224
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-01-09
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1995
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Foreign Language Study, History, Nonfiction, Science