Julia Gasper

The Marquis d'Argens (eBook, ePUB)

A Philosophical Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In The Marquis d'Argens: A Philosophical Life Julia Gasper analyzes the life and works of an influential Enlightenment writer and philosopher. The facts of d'Argens' life as well as his works have been a source of controversy due to the many rumors and anonymous publications erroneously linked to him. Through meticulous research, Gasper provides the only comprehensive list of d'Argens' works and separates the realities of his life from the myths that have built up around him. Accused of being a libertine or an unoriginal mimic of greater minds, d'Argens has too often been dismissed as an unimportant figure. Gasper defends this much maligned philosopher and reveals how imaginative and influential he truly was.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739182345
• Artikelnr.: 40286915

Autorenporträt

Julia Gasper has taught for the Stanford University Programme in Oxford, the University of Roehampton, Surrey and St. Bonaventure University, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1Youth 1703-1723
Chapter 2Travel Broadens the Mind
Chapter 3Paris and Rome 1725-30
Chapter 4Hero of the Battlefield
Chapter 5The Professional Writer 1735-1740
Chapter 6The Court of the Best of all Possible Kings
Chapter 7Mid-Life Crisis
Chapter 81748-56 Battle of the Philosophers
Chapter 9The Seven Years War
Chapter 10The Final Decade
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author