Havens, George R <br/><br/>
The Age of ideas :  From Reaction to Revolution in Eighteenth-century France. 
George R. Havens 
 - New york:Holt,  The Free Press,  1965 c1955 
 - 479 p. :  il. ;  20cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index (p.457-479) 
<br/><br/> 	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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Eighteenth century
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>944  / HAA 1965