Philosophers and Pamphleteers Political Theorists of the Enlightenment |
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Author:
| Cranston, Maurice |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-289189-1 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1986 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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This volume discusses in turn the ideas of six leading thinkers of the French Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Holbach, and Condorcet. A general introduction surveys the political theories of the Enlightenment, setting them in the context of the political realities of 18th-century France.
This volume discusses in turn the ideas of six leading thinkers of the French Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Holbach, and Condorcet. A general introduction surveys the political theories of the Enlightenment, setting them in the context of the political realities of 18th-century France.