The life sciences in eighteenth-century French thought
By: Jacques Roger ; edited by Keith R. Benson ; translated by Robert Ellrich.
Contributors: Benson, Keith Rodney.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 760
Subjects: Biology -- History; Biology -- Philosophy -- History; Biology -- France -- History
Description: This masterwork of intellectual history has been widely acclaimed since its publication in 1963. Though its main focus is on the question of animal generation, it is broadly conceived and situates the life sciences within the larger context of French Enlightenment thought and the history of institutions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [691]-734) and index.