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Evolutionism in Eighteenth-Century French Thought (Hardcover, New edition): Mary Efrosini Gregory

Evolutionism in Eighteenth-Century French Thought (Hardcover, New edition)

Mary Efrosini Gregory

Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures, 166

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This book examines how eight eighteenth-century French theorists - Maillet, Montesquieu, La Mettrie, Buffon, Maupertuis, Diderot, Rousseau, and Voltaire - addressed evolutionism. Each thinker laid down a building block that would eventually open the door to the mutability of species and a departure from the long-held belief that the chain of beings is fixed. This book describes how the philosophes established a triune relationship among contemporary scientific discoveries, random creationism propelled by the motive and conscious properties of matter, and the notion of the chain of being, along with its corollaries, plenitude and continuity. Also addressed is the contemporary debate over whether apes could ever be taught to speak as well as the issue of race and the family of man.

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Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures, 166
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	2009
Authors:	Mary Efrosini Gregory
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	348
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-0373-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	1-4331-0373-7
Barcode:	9781433103735