Historical Pessimism in the French Enlightenment
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01. Frontmatter......Page 1 02. Contents......Page 7 03. Introduction......Page 11 04. Chap. 1 The Man of Reason - Descartes......Page 17 05. Chap. 2 The Man of God - Pascal......Page 22 06. Chap. 3 The Churchman - Bossuet......Page 26 07. Chap. 4 The Litterateurs - Boileau, Perrault, Fénelon......Page 31 08. Chap. 5 The Libertine - Saint-Evremond......Page 39 09. Chap. 6 The Critic - Bayle......Page 44 10. Chap. 7 The Ecletic Fontenelle......Page 48 11. Chap. 8 Religion and Optimism - Lignac and Bonnet......Page 55 12. Chap. 9 Theories of Regeneration - Deschamps, Morelly, Mably, Rousseau......Page 60 13. Chap. 10 The Great Doctrines of Progress - Turgot and Condorcet......Page 68 14. Chap. 11 Decadence, Reason, and Nature......Page 79 15. Chap. 12 The Aesthetic Norm......Page 90 16. Chap. 13 The Two Empiricisms......Page 101 17. Chap. 14 The New Aesthetics......Page 111 18. Chap. 15 Historical Interaction......Page 124 19. Chap. 16 The Cultural Unit......Page 134 20. Chap. 17 The World in Flux......Page 141 21. Chap. 18 Pessimism in Moderation - Montesquieu......Page 155 22. Chap. 19 The Imperfect Dream - Voltaire......Page 170 23. Chap. 20 Disillusionment and Diversity - Diderot......Page 189 24. Chap. 21 Ethical Pessimism—Vauvenargues......Page 201 25. Chap. 22 Social Pessimism - Linguet......Page 207 26. Chap. 23 Materialistic Optimism - Holbach......Page 211 27. Chap. 24 Indijferentism - La Mettrie......Page 218 28. Chap. 25 Perversion - Sade......Page 223 29. Conclusion......Page 229 30. An Essay on Bibliography......Page 233 31. Index......Page 249 32. Backmatter......Page 255
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