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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.
- Author(s): Jean Le Rond D'Alembert
- 224 Pages
- Foreign Language Study, French
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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.From the Back Cover
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.Dimensions (Overall): 8.6 Inches (H) x 5.91 Inches (W) x 1.16 Inches (D)
Weight: .56 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Foreign Language Study
Sub-Genre: French
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Jean Le Rond D'Alembert
Language: English
Street Date: August 15, 1995
TCIN: 1008289507
UPC: 9780226134765
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-9655
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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