The discourse of enlightenment in eighteenth-century France: Diderot and the art of philosophizing/

Main Author: Brewer, Daniel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, c1993
Series:Cambridge studies in French 42
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245 1 4 |a The discourse of enlightenment in eighteenth-century France:   |b Diderot and the art of philosophizing/  |c Daniel Brewer 
260 |a Cambridge [England]:  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c c1993 
300 |a xiii, 296 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 22 cm. 
490 0 |a Cambridge studies in French  |v 42 
500 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-292) and index. 
500 |a Contents: 1. Representing knowledge: reading the Encyclopedie. The utility ofmyths. Image and power. The language of knowledge. Grammar's other --2. Enlightenment critique and Diderot's art of philosophizing.Translating interpretation. Allegorizing interpretation. Naturalizinginterpretation -- 3. The matter of judgment and the art of phrasingsensation. The body of the letter (I). The body of the letter (II) --4. Critical narratives: Diderot's Salons. The breakdown of description.The short-circuiting of mimesis. 'Du plaisir tout pur et sans peine' --5. Embodying knowledge. A jewel of a woman. The power of paradox. Theart of a dream -- 6. Portraying Diderot: the aftermath -- 7.Interpreting Diderot: critical values, critical violence. 
600 |a Diderot,Denis,  |d 1713-1784 
650 0 |a Enlightenment  |z France 
651 0 |a France  |x Intellectual life  |y 18th century 
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