Variations littéraires sur l’échec scientifique : L’herborisation désastreuse de Jean-Jacques Rousseau au Pilat (1769)

In August 1769, Jean-Jacques Rousseau herborizes with three novice botanists in the Pilat Massif. Of all Rousseau’s botanical expeditions, this herborization of several days is the one that the philosopher comments the most abundantly in his correspondence. It is also probably the most disastrous: R...

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Main Author: Timothée Léchot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne
Series:Viatica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/1454