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Posterity, calumny, Rousseau and Diderot
- March 2, 2024
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No CommentsRegularly during the radical Enlightenment of mid-eighteenth-century France was to be heard the uproar of bitter recriminations as Rousseau fell out with friends and allies. One of his closest had been Denis Diderot who, in fact, Rousseau blamed for having led him to becoming a philosopher in the first place. In a fascinating article (approx. -
Boucher and Fragonard
- January 27, 2024
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“The criticism of Diderot and others stimulated artists to a new seriousness but did not change the pastel complexion of rococo overnight, as demonstrated by the works of Boucher and Fragonard in the Gallery, all done after 1750. "Boucher was influenced by the subjects and delicate manner of Watteau's fêtes galantes, which he had copied for -
The philosophy of Voltaire
- August 26, 2023
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Pretty good 26-minute lecture by Ryan Reeves on Voltaire and the Enlightenment here. ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. Long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here. #paris #voltaire #eighteenthcentury #history #philosophy #enlightenment
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