Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot

Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot expresses the hopes, dogmas, assumptions, and prejudices that have come to characterize the French Enlightenment. In this preface to the Encyclopedia, d'Alembert traces the history of intellectual progress from the Renaissance to 1751. Including a revision of Diderot's Prospectus and a list of contributors to the Encyclopedia, this edition, elegantly translated and introduced by Professor Richard Schwab, is one of the great works of the Enlightenment and an outstanding introduction to the philosophes.

Author: Jean Le Rond D'Alembert
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 08/15/1995
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.91w x 1.16d
ISBN13: 9780226134765
ISBN10: 0226134768
BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | French
- History | Europe | France
- Science | General