A Wicked Company, (Paperback)

from kant1066

This is an interesting book that provides some little-known connections between the larger-known set of ideas that we largely recognize as the "Enlightenment," and is especially aimed at the general reader. Those whose knowledge of the intellectual side of the Enlightenment is moderate to extensi...

from Stbalbach

A Wicked Company provides new and refreshing perspectives on certain individuals of the (French) Enlightenment. The main premise, that Denis Diderot was a major intellectual figure, who has not been given his due in comparison to better known Rousseau and others, is clearly true, though I wonder ...

from michaelbartley

I love the enlightenment, it is one of my favorite eras of history. this is a wonderful book about the ideas and socity of that time. it focus on diderot, the main ed. of the encyolopedie, it shows that he actually had to more modern mind. an excellent book

from michaelbartley

I love the enlightenment, it is one of my favorite eras of history. this is a wonderful book about the ideas and socity of that time. it focus on diderot, the main ed. of the encyolopedie, it shows that he actually had to more modern mind. an excellent book