The Age of ideas : From Reaction to Revolution in Eighteenth-century France. George R. Havens
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New york:Holt, The Free Press, 1965 c1955Description: 479 p. : il. ; 20cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - 19 944 HAA 1965
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Central Library, University of Rajshahi | Non-fiction | 944 HAA 1965 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C-5 | Available | USD | SW2494 |
Includes index (p.457-479)
pt. 1. Transition: How absolute government failed -- The critical spirit of Pierre Bayle -- Fénelon, critic of Louis XIV -- Fontenelle and the spirit of modern science -- pt. 2. Criticism, ferment, repression: The sorry reign of Louis the "well beloved" -- Montesquieu and the satirical "Persian letters" -- Montesquieu's question: Why did Rome fall? -- Montesquieu's "Spirit of laws" -- Montesquieu and America -- Voltaire and the bombshell of the "Philosophical letters" -- Voltaire the historian -- Taking counsel with Candide -- The philosopher of Ferney -- Rousseau and modern progress -- Rousseau and the problem of inequality -- Novelist, educator, and political theorist -- Rousseau and the "Confessions" -- Diderot the man -- Diderot and the "Encyclopedia" -- Diderot's criticism of drama and art -- Diderot, novelist and philosopher -- pt. 3. Explosion: Beaumarchais on the eve of the revolution -- Louis XVI pays the bill.
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