L’homme d’esprit selon Montesquieu: pour une définition de «l’esprit des Lumières».
The importance Montesquieu accords to the notion of esprit, and its representations in diverse societies that he envisions, spurs us to notice a fundamental notion: «l’homme d’esprit», capable of uniting social and philosophical qualities, constituted in his eyes by an ideal or model form, the man...
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| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Diciottesimo Secolo |
| Online Access: | https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ds/article/view/317 |
| Summary: | The importance Montesquieu accords to the notion of esprit, and its representations in diverse societies that he envisions, spurs us to notice a fundamental notion: «l’homme d’esprit», capable of uniting social and philosophical qualities, constituted in his eyes by an ideal or model form, the man of the Enlightenment par excellence.
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| ISSN: | 2531-4165 |