The idea of the sciences in the French enlightenment : a reinterpretation / G. Matthew Adkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adkins, G. Matthew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--France--History--17th century.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2014]

Summary:

This book traces the development of the idea that the sciences were morally enlightening through an intellectual history of the secrétaires perpétuels of the French Royal Academy of Sciences and their associates from the mid-seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Montmor Discourse: Samuel Sorbière and the Foundation of the Royal Academy of Sciences

The Esprits Supérieurs : Bernard de Fontenelle's Academic Eulogies

Fear and Loathing in the Courts of Louis XV and Louis XVI: The Sciences and the Crisis of the Monarchy from Voltaire to Turgot

Struggle and Radicalization on the Eve of the Revolution: Condorcet and the Transformation of the Idea of the Sciences

The Coming of the Tenth Epoch: The Idea of the Sciences to the Revolution of 1789

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-64453-065-1

OCLC:

1245673200