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The Style of Paris: Renaissance Origins of the French Enlightenment

George Huppert

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Description:This portrait of the forerunners of the famed philosophes is an "impressive and challenging reevaluation of the 16th-century origins of the Enlightenment" (Sixteenth Century Journal).In this book, George Huppert introduces a group of talented young men, some of them teenagers, who were the talk of the town in Renaissance Paris. They called themselves philosophes, they wrote poetry, they studied Greek and mathematics--and they entertained subversive notions concerning religion and politics.Classically trained, they wrote, nevertheless, in French, so as to reach the widest possible audience. These young radicals fostered a succession of disciples who expressed confidence in the eventual enlightenment of humankind--and whose ideas would bear fruit two centuries later.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Style of Paris: Renaissance Origins of the French Enlightenment. To get started finding The Style of Paris: Renaissance Origins of the French Enlightenment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 158

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: 1999

ISBN: 0253028132

Description: This portrait of the forerunners of the famed philosophes is an "impressive and challenging reevaluation of the 16th-century origins of the Enlightenment" (Sixteenth Century Journal).In this book, George Huppert introduces a group of talented young men, some of them teenagers, who were the talk of the town in Renaissance Paris. They called themselves philosophes, they wrote poetry, they studied Greek and mathematics--and they entertained subversive notions concerning religion and politics.Classically trained, they wrote, nevertheless, in French, so as to reach the widest possible audience. These young radicals fostered a succession of disciples who expressed confidence in the eventual enlightenment of humankind--and whose ideas would bear fruit two centuries later.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Style of Paris: Renaissance Origins of the French Enlightenment. To get started finding The Style of Paris: Renaissance Origins of the French Enlightenment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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