Digression sur les Anciens et les Modernes

by Fontenelle and edited by Anne Beate Maurseth, Isabelle Mullet, Francois Pepin, Mitia Rioux-Beaulne, Maria Susana Seguin, Sophie Audidiere, Jean-Claude Bourdin, Franck Cabane, Colas Duflo, Jean-Luc Guichet, Veronique Le Ru, Christophe Martin and assisted by Jean-Pierre Bienvenu, preface by Michel Blay

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Extent: 793 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Philosophy

Series: Classiques Jaunes

Series volume number: 662

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(November 2016)

ISBN: 9782406066088

Price: $28.00

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The philosopher, writer, mathematician, and academician, Fontenelle (1657-1757) produced an oeuvre unified by a philosophical mode of writing reflecting all major works of intellect and culture. It seeks to liberate the mind through a re-appropriation of its own strength, with a singular philosophical “tenderness”.

  • By (author) Fontenelle
  • Preface by Michel Blay
  • Edited by Sophie Audidiere
  • Edited by Jean-Claude Bourdin
  • Edited by Franck Cabane
  • Edited by Colas Duflo
  • Edited by Jean-Luc Guichet
  • Edited by Véronique Le Ru
  • Edited by Christophe Martin
  • Edited by Anne Beate Maurseth
  • Edited by Isabelle Mullet
  • Edited by François Pépin
  • Edited by Mitia Rioux-Beaulne
  • Edited by Maria Susana Seguin
  • Assisted by Jean-Pierre Bienvenu