Title: The French Enlightenment
First published: 1972
Description: There are three significant questions which may be asked about the Enlightenment, as about any similar phenomenon: what? whence? and whither? This is a short general survey of this important movement in the history of ideas, which would combine some account of the historical and social background with a closer look at the thought of the more outstanding individuals.
Subjects: Enlightenment, French Philosophy, Intellectual life, Philosophy, French, Descartes, rene, 1596-1650
Places: France
People: René Descartes (1596-1650)
Time periods: 18th century
LC classification: B1925.E5 B78 1972