French Free-Thought from Gassendi to Voltaire

Hardback

Main Details

Title French Free-Thought from Gassendi to Voltaire
Authors and Contributors      By (author) J. S. Spink
SeriesBloomsbury Academic Collections: Philosophy
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:345
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreEthics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781472512437
ClassificationsDewey:194
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date 7 November 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book makes an important contribution to the history of ideas in France in the century preceding the main manifestations of the Enlightenment. A number of detailed studies already exist which deal with special aspects of the thought of the period, and works abound on individual thinkers such as Descartes and Pascal. Professor Spink, however, has endeavoured to present within a single volume a full, coherent and balanced account of the radical inquiries in literature, philosophy, and the natural sciences that stemmed from the intellectual crisis of the 1620s. He analyses the content of this body of free-thought and devotes particular attention to the ways in which the new ideas were disseminated in the face of the hostility of the civil and ecclesiastical authorities.

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