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Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot: The Library of Liberal Arts - Softcover

 
9781258440572: Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot: The Library of Liberal Arts

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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.

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With notable economy and vigor, Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot expresses the hopes, dogmas, assumptions, and prejudices that characterized 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.

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  • PublisherLiterary Licensing, LLC
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 1258440571
  • ISBN 13 9781258440572
  • BindingPaperback
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages228

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