{"product_id":"selected-philosophical-scientific-and-autobiographical-writings-volume-58-522-other-voice-in-early-modern-europe-the-toronto-9780866985789","title":"Selected Philosophical Scientific and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her edition and translation of writings by Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d’Arconville (1720–1805), Julie Candler Hayes provides an important look at a remarkable woman writer, thinker, and scientist. D’Arconville was a “true woman of the Enlightenment” — a woman of wide-ranging interests, concerned with moral, societal, and philosophical issues, such as the role of self-love (\u003ci\u003eamour-propre\u003c\/i\u003e), perspectives on history, and the value of friendship versus marriage. Her published writings are extremely significant, but perhaps even more intriguing are the recently rediscovered manuscript texts that she wrote late in life, offering a glimpse into the mind of this fascinating woman who was married at a very early age, took charge of her own education, and outlived the Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —Sharon Diane Nell\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor of French and Dean of the School of Humanities, St. Edward’s University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In her edition and translation of writings by Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d’Arconville (1720–1805), Julie Candler Hayes provides an important look at a remarkable woman writer, thinker, and scientist. D’Arconville was a 'true woman of the Enlightenment' of wide-ranging interests, concerned with moral, societal, and philosophical issues, such as the role of self-love (\u003ci\u003eamour-propre\u003c\/i\u003e), perspectives on history, and the value of friendship versus marriage. Her published writings are extremely significant, but perhaps even more intriguing are the recently rediscovered manuscript texts that she wrote late in life, offering a glimpse into the mind of this fascinating woman who was married at a very early age, took charge of her own education, and outlived the Revolution.\"\u003cbr\u003e   -- Sharon Diane Nell, St. Edward’s University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003ePart One: Published Works, 1756–1783 23\u003cbr\u003eDedicatory epistle and translator’s note 25\u003cbr\u003eDiscourse on Chemistry 30\u003cbr\u003eDiscourse on Osteology 75\u003cbr\u003eThoughts and Moral Reflections, excerpts 84\u003cbr\u003eTreatise on Friendship, excerpts 102\u003cbr\u003eDiscourse on Putrefaction 113\u003cbr\u003ePreface to The Life of Marie de Médicis 126\u003cbr\u003ePreface to The History of François II 134\u003cbr\u003ePart Two: Late Manuscripts, 1801–1805 141\u003cbr\u003eThoughts, Reflections, and Anecdotes, excerpts 143\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 231\u003cbr\u003eIndex 241","brand":"Arizona Center for Medieval \u0026 Renaissance Studies,US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406395253079,"sku":"9780866985789","price":44.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/selected-philosophical-scientific-and-autobiographical-writings-volume-58-522-other-voice-in-early-modern-europe-the-toronto-9780866985789","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}