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Book SynopsisTrade Review...a real landmark: the first book-length study in English of a little known Genevan writer and publicist who played a significant role in the Bowood and Holland House circles of the reign of George II, in the French Revolution, ...and in the global dissemination of the Benthamite system of utilitarianism...Selth is to be congratulated for having blazed a first trail through this previously uncharted territory. -- THE HUGUENOT SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS Coppet Circle around Mme St, in Gen
...of interest to those concerned with Swiss history, the French Revolution, Jeremy Bentham, and the origins of English liberalism. -- Charlotte C. Wells, The American Journal of Legal History
...Selth gives a glimpse into the cultural background from which European liberalism emerged in the early decades of the nineteenth century...an accessible account of Dumont's career. -- Philip Schofield, University College London
Selth's Firm Heart and Capacious Mind is a much-needed seminal study that adeptly integrates biographical detail with political and social history of the European Enlightenment...A brilliant portrait of a man and his age—thorough, provocative, and enlightening. -- Elizabeth Harden, Wright State University
Selth's Firm Heart and Capacious Mind is a much-needed seminal study that adeptly integrates biographical detail with political and social history of the European Enlightenment...A brilliant portrait of a man and his age—thorough, provocative, and enlightening. -- Elizabeth Harden, Wright State University
...a real landmark: the first book-length study in English of a little known Genevan writer and publicist who played a significant role in the Bowood and Holland House circles of the reign of George II, in the French Revolution, ...and in the global dissemination of the Benthamite system of utilitarianism...Selth is to be congratulated for having blazed a first trail through this previously uncharted territory. -- THE HUGUENOT SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS Coppet Circle around Mme St, in Gen
...of interest to those concerned with Swiss history, the French Revolution, Jeremy Bentham, and the origins of English liberalism. -- Charlotte C. Wells, The American Journal of Legal History
...Selth gives a glimpse into the cultural background from which European liberalism emerged in the early decades of the nineteenth century...an accessible account of Dumont's career. -- Philip Schofield, University College London
