Changing minds the shifting perception of culture in eighteenth-century France / John C. O'Neal.

Author/creator O'Neal, John C.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNewark : University of Delaware ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,
Description273 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesThe University of Delaware Press studies in 17th- and 18th- century art and culture
Contents Nature's culture in Du Bos' Réflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture -- Perceptual dimensions of French culture in Voltaire's historical writings -- The evolution of the notion of experience in the writings of Bouillier and Condillac on the question of animal souls -- The effects of climate on a nation's culture in Montesquieu's L'esprit des lois -- Myth, language, and perception in Rousseau's Narcisse -- Rousseau's theory of wealth and revolutionary zeal -- Auenbrugger, Corvisart, and the perception of disease.
General noteChiefly a collection of previously published essays, articles, etc., one of which was originally published in French.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002022670
ISBN0874137888