Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot
Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot

Author: Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1995-08-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780226134765

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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.

Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot; 0
Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot; 0

Author: Jean Le Rond D' 1717-1783 Alembert

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9781014826817

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Encyclopedic Liberty
Encyclopedic Liberty

Author: Denis Diderot

Publisher: Liberty Fund

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780865978546

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This anthology of 81 articles is the first attempt to translate and collect the most significant political writing from the Encyclopédie (1751-1765). It includes every aspect of the ideas, practices, and institutions of Western political life.

Enlightenment Shadows
Enlightenment Shadows

Author: Genevieve Lloyd

Publisher:

Published: 2013-07-25

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0199669562

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Genevieve Lloyd presents a new study of the place of Enlightenment thought in intellectual history and of its continued relevance. She offers original readings of a range of key texts, which highlight the ways in which Enlightenment thinkers enacted in their writing—and reflected on—the interplay of intellect, imagination, and emotion.

The Discourse of Scholarly Communication
The Discourse of Scholarly Communication

Author: Patrick Gamsby

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-08-14

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1666922625

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The Discourse of Scholarly Communication examines the place and purpose of modern scholarship and its dialectical relationship with the ethos of Enlightenment. Patrick Gamsby argues that while Enlightenment/enlightenment is often used in the mottos of numerous academic institutions, its historical, social, and philosophical elements are largely obscured. Using a theoretical lens, Gamsby revisits the ideals of the Enlightenment alongside the often-contradictory issues of disciplinary boundaries, access to research, academic labor in the production of scholarship (author, peer reviewer, editor, and translator), the interrelationship of form and content (lectures, textbooks, books, and essays), and the stewardship of scholarship in academic libraries and archives. It is ultimately argued that for the betterment of the scholarly communication ecosystem and the betterment of society, anti-Enlightenment rules of scholarship such as ‘publish or perish’ should be dispensed with in favor of the formulation of a New Enlightenment.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy and Philosophers
The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy and Philosophers

Author: J. O. Urmson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 0415078830

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This fully revised third edition of this Concise Encyclopedia brings it completely up-to-date. Featuring lively and engaging entries by some of the leading philosophers of our age, it is a readable reference work and engaging introduction.