The Idea of the Sciences in the French Enlightenment A Reinterpretation.

This book traces the development of the idea that the sciences were morally enlightening through an intellectual history of the secrétaires perpétuels of the French Royal Academy of Sciences and their associates from the mid-seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adkins, G. Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : University of Delaware Press, 2013.
Temas:
1600-1699
Science > France > History > 17th century.
Science
France
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Montmor Discourse: Samuel Sorbière and the Foundation of the Royal Academy of Sciences
  • The Esprits Supérieurs : Bernard de Fontenelle's Academic Eulogies
  • Fear and Loathing in the Courts of Louis XV and Louis XVI: The Sciences and the Crisis of the Monarchy from Voltaire to Turgot
  • Struggle and Radicalization on the Eve of the Revolution: Condorcet and the Transformation of the Idea of the Sciences
  • The Coming of the Tenth Epoch: The Idea of the Sciences to the Revolution of 1789
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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