Freedom in French Enlightenment thought
An edition of Freedom in French Enlightenment thought (2010)
By Mary Efrosini Gregory
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Language
eng
Pages
249
Description:
"Freedom in French Enlightenment Thought examines how five eighteenth-century French theorists - Montesquieu, Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Condorcet - kindled the flame of freedom in America and France. Each thinker laid down a building block that would eventually inspire the language in constitutions around the world."--Jacket.
subjects: Criticism and interpretation, French Philosophy, Philosophy, Political science, Montesquieu, charles de secondat, baron de, 1689-1755, Diderot, denis, 1713-1784, Voltaire, 1694-1778, Rousseau, jean-jacques, 1712-1778, French literature, history and criticism, Condorcet, jean-antoine-nicolas de caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794
People: Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet marquis de (1743-1794), Voltaire (1694-1778), Charles de Secondat Montesquieu baron de (1689-1755), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Places: France
Times: 18th century