« But from the over-curious and vain / Distempers of an artificial brain »: La satire de la curiosité vaine chez Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
Frequent among Renaissance humanists, the criticism of vain curiosity became popular again with the rise of new science throughout the XVIIth century, as can be seen in the works of Restoration satirical writers, who targeted the Royal Society from when it came into being. Samuel Butler is a case in...
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/516 |