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How the French Think: An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People

By Sudhir Hazareesingh

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9780465032495, 0465032494, 978-0-465-06166-2
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
793 kB (811720 bytes)
Pages
338\0
Time added
2019-09-25 00:05:53
France;Intellectual life;PhilosophyFrench;Intellectual life;France;Geistesleben;Natio

Description

Traces the story of French intellectual thought to demonstrate how French ideas have fundamentally shaped the modern West, citing the contributions of such figures as Descartes, Rousseau, and Voltaire. Abstract: Traces the story of French intellectual thought to demonstrate how French ideas have fundamentally shaped the modern West, citing the contributions of such figures as Descartes, Rousseau, and Voltaire Content: A yearning towards universality -- The skull of Descartes -- Darkness and light -- Landscapes of Utopia -- The ideals of science -- To the left, and to the right -- The sum of their parts -- Interlude: new paths to the present -- Freedom and domination -- Writing for everybody -- The end of history -- The closing of the French mind -- Anxiety and optimism.

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