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A wicked company : the forgotten radicalism of the European Enlightenment /
Acclaimed historian, Philipp Blom, retraces the fortunes and characters of the men, that from the 1750s to the 1770s in the Paris salon of Baron Paul Thirty Holback had debated with intellectual daring and produced revolutionary ideas. These brilliant minds full of wit, courage, and humanity in thei...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Basic Books,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Acclaimed historian, Philipp Blom, retraces the fortunes and characters of the men, that from the 1750s to the 1770s in the Paris salon of Baron Paul Thirty Holback had debated with intellectual daring and produced revolutionary ideas. These brilliant minds full of wit, courage, and humanity in their thinking created a different and radical French Enlightenment based on atheism, passion, empathy, and a compellingly insightful perspective on society.--[book cover]. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 361 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465022786 0465022782 9780465032587 0465032583 |