01681nam a22002657a 4500 166 BD-RjUL 20211208233126.0 131116s19651955nyu |||g |||| 00| 0 eng d (BD-RjUL)179 BD-RjUL eng BD-RjUL eng 19 944 HAA 1965 Havens, George R 527 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. 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. PHILOSOPHY SLSH Eighteenth century 609 ddc BK 166 166 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC RUCL RUCL Stack 0000-00-00 0 944 HAA 1965 2013-11-09 00:00:00 C-5 2021-12-08 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC RUCL RUCL Stack 1967-06-29 Asia Foundation 0 944 HAA 1965 2013-11-09 00:00:00 C-3 2021-12-08 BK 0 0 ddc 0 1 NFIC RUCL RUCL Reading 1967-06-29 Asia Fundation Gift 0 944 HAA 1965 2014-03-18 00:00:00 C-1 2021-12-08 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC RUCL RUCL Stack 1967-06-29 Asia foundation 0 944 HAA 1965 2014-03-22 00:00:00 C-2 2021-12-08 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC RUCL RUCL Stack 1967-06-29 Asia Foundation 0.00 0 944 HAA 1965 2017-04-04 00:00:00 C-4 2021-12-08 BK