Selected philosophical and scientific writings
By: Emilie du Châtelet ; edited and with an introduction by Judith P. Zinsser and translated by Isabelle Bour and Judith P. Zinsser.
Contributors: Zinsser, Judith P.
Series: The other voice in early modern Europe; Other voice in early modern Europe
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780226168067; 9780226168074
Subjects: Mandeville, Bernard, -- 1670-1733; Newton, Isaac, -- Sir, -- 1642-1727; Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Fire -- Early works to 1800; Physics -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: Emilie Du Châtelet was an accomplished scientific and philosophical writer whose contribution to French intellectual life in the first half of the 18th century has long been obscured by her association with Voltaire. This volume of her writings will help re-establish a reputation that has long been overshadowed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bernard Mandeville's The fable of the bees; title: Volume editors' introduction; title: Related letters; title: Translator's preface for The fable of the bees; title: Table of Du Châtelet's choices for translation from Bernard Mandeville's The fable of the bees; title: Dissertation on the nature and propagation of fire; title: Volume editor's introduction; title: From the dissertation; title: Foundations of physics; title: Letters related to the foundations; title: From foundations of physics; title: Examinations of the Bible; title: Examination of the books of the Old Testament; title: Examination of the books of the New Testament; title: Commentary on Newton's Principia; title: From the commentary on Newton's Principia; title: Discourse on happiness.