ENCYCLOPEDIC LIBERTY
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Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
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Denis Diderot
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The portrait of Denis Diderot used for the frontispiece and the exterior of the book was painted in 1767 by Louis Michel van Loo and is from the Louvre, in Paris, France. Photo credit: Erich Lessing / Art Resource, New York.
The portrait of Jean Le Rond d’Alembert used for the frontispiece and the exterior of the book was painted in 1753 by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour and is from the Louvre, in Paris, France. Photo credit: Erich Lessing / Art Resource, New York.
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This eBook edition published in 2018.
eBook ISBNs:
978-1-61487-280-1
978-1-61487-656-4
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Contents
The Divine Voice (Aius-Locutius) · Diderot
Political Arithmetic (Arithmétique Politique) · Diderot
Political Authority (Autorité Politique) · Diderot
Brownists (Brownistes) · Mallet
Masterpiece (Chef-d’Œuvre) · Diderot
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Trading Company (Compagnie de Commerce) · Véron de Forbonnais
Competition (Concurrence) · Véron de Forbonnais
Conquest (Conquête) · Jaucourt
Public Corruption (Corruption Publique) · Diderot
Democracy (Démocratie) · Jaucourt
Despotism (Despotisme) · Jaucourt
Natural Right (Droit Naturel) · Diderot
Natural Law (Droit de la Nature) · Boucher d’Argis
Public Law (Droit Public) · Boucher d’Argis
Natural Equality (Egalité Naturelle) · Jaucourt
Eulogy for President Montesquieu (Eloge de M. le Président de Montesquieu) · d’Alembert
Savings (Epargne) · Faiguet de Villeneuve
Slavery (Esclavage) · Jaucourt
State of Nature (Etat de Nature) · Jaucourt