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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ISBN | 9780226134765 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | The University of Chicago Press |
Jahr | 19950815 |
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