Diderot and Descartes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691627144)

A study of scientific naturalism in the Enlightenment. In tracing the materialism of Diderot, La Mettrie, Buffon, and D'Holbach to its sources, it offers a fresh appraisal of the total influence of Descartes on the Enlightenment.

Originally published in 1953.

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Author: Aram Vartanian
ISBN-10: 0691627142
ISBN-13: 9780691627144
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/08/2015
Pages: 346
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d