Encyclopedic Liberty: Political Articles in the Dictionary of Diderot and d'Alembert

by Benjamin Constant, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Denis Diderot

Book Overview

Often described as the culmination of the French Enlightenment, the Encyclop die was collected not only to serve as a comprehensive reference work, but to "change the way men think" about every aspect of the human and natural worlds. In his celebrated "Preliminary Discourse" to the compilation, d'Alembert traced an entire history of modern philosophy and science designed to chart the way toward a sweeping Baconian project of improving the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865978565
• ISBN13: 9780865978560
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"