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v. 1. Esprit philosophique.--v. 2. Esprit révolutionnaire.
Reason and Sentiment Throughout the long history of philosophy there has
appeared from time to time a certain dilemma which is both attractive and fatal.
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Critics have long treated the most important intellectual movement of modern history--the Enlightenment--as if it took shape in the absence of opposition. In this groundbreaking new study, Darrin McMahon demonstrates that, on the contrary, contemporary resistance to the Enlightenment was a major cultural force, shaping and defining the Enlightenment itself from the moment of inception, while giving rise to an entirely new ideological phenomenon-what we have come to think of as the "Right." McMahon skillfully examines the Counter-Enlightenment, showing that it was an extensive, international, and thoroughly modern affair.
This volume discusses the ideas of six leading thinkers of the French Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Holbach, and Condorcet. A general introduction surveys the political theories of the Enlightenment, setting them in the context of the political realities of 18th-century France. The first book of its kind on the subject, Philosophers and Pamphleteers brings a welcome, new perspective to the study of French political thought during a fascinating historical era.
An important reassessment of the afterlife of the Enlightenment and its continuing relevance in twenty-first century France.
Discussion of Ronald Grimsley, From Montesquieu to Laclos: Studies on the French Enlightenment
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