Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot

Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0226134768
ISBN-13 : 9780226134765
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Download or read book Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot written by Jean Le Rond d'Alembert and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995-08-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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