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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. -
Casanova: 1725 to 2025
- February 11, 2024
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As we get closer to the 2025 tercentenary of Casanova’s birth, there will be an inevitable uptick of interest in the life of one of the eighteenth century’s most fascinating characters. In preparation, Dave Thompson (me!), has been working on a ten-year, two-book project to be published by specialist history publishers Pen & Sword that -
Hume and Rousseau – an eighteenth-century scandal
- September 2, 2023
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A thoroughly entertaining and informative account by David Edmonds and John Eidinow of one of the great celebrity disputes of the eighteenth century - 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. #hume #europe #eighteenthcentury #rousseau
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