The Philosophes and the People
by Payne, Harry C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300019076
- ISBN 13
- 9780300019070
- Seller
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About This Item
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1976. Cloth, x, 214 pages; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "[Examines] the attitude of the intellectual toward the mass of men. The difficulties seem especially acute in the case of the philosophes of the Enlightenment who, according to historical legend, believed in perfectibility and reasonableness of Man but who, again according to legend, scorned and despised the masses . . . Though this essay is not intended as an apology for the philosophes, it does attempt to give their attitudes toward and program for the mass of the unenlightened men--or 'people' as they chose to call them--a sophisticated and open-minded hearing." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction; pt. I. Perceptions; 1. Le peuple: a class apart; 2. Children of discord; 3. Agents of Ceres; 4. A case of neglect; pt. II. Legislation; Introduction. The legislator's task; 5. The uses of belief; 6. Instruction; 7. The laborer's share; 8. Equality; Conclusion. Dominance and responsibility.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- Title
- The Philosophes and the People
- Author
- Payne, Harry C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0300019076
- ISBN 13
- 9780300019070
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES;
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