D'Holbach's coterie : an enlightenment in Paris /

D'Holbach's coterie : an enlightenment in Paris /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kors, Alan Charles, author.
Imprint:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015] ©1976
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 359 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library Princeton legacy library.
Subject:	Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, -- baron d', -- 1723-1789 -- Friends and associates. Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, -- baron d', -- 1723-1789. Intellectuals -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century. Intellectuals -- France -- Paris -- Attitudes. Enlightenment -- France. Philosophy, French -- 18th century. Intellectuals -- Attitudes. Intellectuals. Friendship. Enlightenment. Intellectual life. Philosophy, French. Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. France. France -- Paris. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12481888

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ISBN:	9781400869909 1400869900 9780691617244 0691617244
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	"Students of the Enlightenment have long assumed that the major movement towards atheism in the Ancien Régime was centered in the circle of intellectuals who met at the home of Baron d'Holbach during the last half of the eighteenth century. This major critical study shows, contrary to the accepted views, that in fact, atheism was not the common bond of a majority of the members and that, far from being alienated figures, most of the members were privileged and publicly successful citizens devoted to peaceful and gradual reform. Alan Charles Kors determines the coterie's membership and discovers it to have been a diverse assemblage of philosophes, men of letters, and scientists. Analyzing the thought and behavior of those members who lived past 1789, the author argues that the hostility to the Revolution expressed by the coterie's survivors was fully consistent with their world view."--
Other form:	Print version: Kors, Alan Charles. D'Holbach's coterie : an enlightenment in Paris. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, ©1976 xi, 359 pages Princeton legacy library. 9780691617244
Standard no.:	10.1515/9781400869909

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Part I: The Coterie Holbachique and the enlightenment. The members of Coterie Holbachique ; Various theses ; The Coterie Holbachique dévoilée ; A diversity of philosophes
Part II: The members of the Coterie Holbachique and the Society of the Ancien Régime. Origins ; Ascent ; Privilège
Part III: The members of Coterie Holbachique and the French Revolution. The remnant ; Mastery and order.