The influence of the enlightenment on the French Revolution : creative, disastrous, or non-existent? / edited with an introduction by William F. Church

Boston : D. C. Heath, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Pen inscribed by previous owner. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xx, 108 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-108). Contents: Reflections on the revolution in France / Edmund Burke -- The rights of man / Thomas Paine -- The necessity of the theocratic state / Joseph de Maistre -- The limitations of the enlightenment / Alexis de Tocqueville -- The spirit and doctrine of the enlightenment / Hippolyte Adolphe Taine -- The enlightenment as the fountain of social and political justice / Jules Michelet -- The sources of the democratic and republican ideals of the revolution / Alphonse Aulard -- The philosophes as pioneers of the revolution / Marius Roustan -- The subversive influence of the Soci�t�s de Pens�e / Augustin Cochin -- The enlightenment as doctrinaire, irreligious and conspiratorial / Pierre Gaxotte -- The intellectual origins of the French Revolution / Daniel Mornet -- The Declaration of the rights of man as the essence of the enlightenment / Georges Lefebvre -- The influence of eighteenth century ideas on the French Revolution / Henri Peyre. Subjects: 1700-1799 Enlightenment France. Enlightenment.Si�cle des Lumi�res.Si�cle des Lumi�res France. Enlightenment.Intellectual life. War Causes. Franse Revolutie.Enlightenment France. Enlightenment. Revolutions. Causes.18th Century. Intellectual Life. Sources. Europe History. France Intellectual life 18th century. France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Causes. France Intellectual life. Francia Vida intelectual.