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The author describes the influence on the Enlightenment of the intellectual currents that had been active in France, particularly the historical and humanistic esprit critique and the scientific esprit moderne. The second volume probes the writings of Morelly, Helvetius, Holbach, Mably, and Condorcet as they reveal the transformation of the esprit



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. ix*FOREWORD, pg. 3*ORGANIC UNITY IN VOLTAIRE, pg. 7*ORGANIC UNITY IN DIDEROT, pg. 67*ORGANIC UNITY IN ROUSSEAU, pg. 119*ORGANIC UNITY IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIE, pg. 180*MORELLY AND THE DAWN OF TOTALITARIAN DEMOCRACY, pg. 251*HELVETIUS AND EVERYBODY'S SECRET, pg. 262*HOLBACH, VOLTAIRE, AND THE DEBATE ON ATHEISM, pg. 298*RAYNAL, pg. 325*MABLY, pg. 337*THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN REBELLION, pg. 352*CONDORCET AND PROGRESS, pg. 363*THE RESULT, pg. 388*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 417*INDEX OF NAMES, pg. 437*INDEX OF IDEAS, pg. 451

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691616476, 978-0691616476
      ISBN10: 0691616477
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      Book Synopsis

      The author describes the influence on the Enlightenment of the intellectual currents that had been active in France, particularly the historical and humanistic esprit critique and the scientific esprit moderne. The second volume probes the writings of Morelly, Helvetius, Holbach, Mably, and Condorcet as they reveal the transformation of the esprit



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. ix*FOREWORD, pg. 3*ORGANIC UNITY IN VOLTAIRE, pg. 7*ORGANIC UNITY IN DIDEROT, pg. 67*ORGANIC UNITY IN ROUSSEAU, pg. 119*ORGANIC UNITY IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIE, pg. 180*MORELLY AND THE DAWN OF TOTALITARIAN DEMOCRACY, pg. 251*HELVETIUS AND EVERYBODY'S SECRET, pg. 262*HOLBACH, VOLTAIRE, AND THE DEBATE ON ATHEISM, pg. 298*RAYNAL, pg. 325*MABLY, pg. 337*THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN REBELLION, pg. 352*CONDORCET AND PROGRESS, pg. 363*THE RESULT, pg. 388*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 417*INDEX OF NAMES, pg. 437*INDEX OF IDEAS, pg. 451

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