Dictionnaire des philosophes français du XVIIe siècle : acteurs et réseaux du savoir / sous la direction de Luc Foisneau ; avec la collaboration d'Élisabeth Dutartre-Michaut et de Christian Bachelier ; traductions de Delphine Bellis, Luc Foisneau et Claire Gallien.

Paris : Classiques Garnier, 2015.

2138 pages ; 25 cm.

The majority of the Dictionnaire's entries were originally written in French; they were then translated into English and originally published in 2008 under the title: Dictionary of seventeenth-century French philosophers. Some entries were originally written in English or Italian and have been translated into French for this edition. All entries have been revised and brought up to date.

The seventeenth-century French philosopher was not a marginal figure: he was an active agent who existed at the heart of the multiplicity of knowledge networks which have fundamentally shaped our understanding of the modern human condition. By turn mathematician, theologian, doctor, lawyer, alchemist, poet, geographer, historian, and physician, the figure of the philosopher was protean. Even those works and lives which seem the least significant can reveal - and this is the book's hypothesis - unexpected connections between currents of thought, methods, and institutions. Eight thematic introductions, 690 entries, and a historical and well-reasoned index make up this Dictionary. 167 specialists have contributed to it, creating an essential tool for the new exploration of the seventeenth-century philosophical landscape.

Dictionary of seventeenth-century French philosophers.

French

January 17, 2017

Dictionaries.