Julien Offray de La Mettrie, 'Discours sur le bonheur'
<br/>INTRODUCTION <br/> I. Principles of this edition <br/> i. The text <br/> ii. Dates <br/> iii. Presentation <br/> iv. Structure of the <em>Discours sur le bonheur</em> <br/> II. Reflections of contemporaries in the writing and the rewritings...
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Voltaire Foundation
2017
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| Summary: | <br/>INTRODUCTION <br/> I. Principles of this edition <br/> i. The text <br/> ii. Dates <br/> iii. Presentation <br/> iv. Structure of the <em>Discours sur le bonheur</em> <br/> II. Reflections of contemporaries in the writing and the rewritings <br/> i. Maupertuis and his friend <br/> ii. Maupertuis and 'la philosophie morale' <br/> iii. Fontenelle <br/> iv. Madame Du Châtelet <br/> v. Frederick II <br/> vi. Pernetti <br/> vii. 'Saint-Evremond' (La Serre) <br/> III. <em>Discours sur le bonheur</em> in relation to some earlier figures <br/> i. Descartes <br/> ii. Montaigne <br/> iii. Seneca: epicureanism and stoicism <br/> iv. Other figures referred to by La Mettrie <br/> IV. Reverberations <br/> i. La Mettrie's personality <br/> ii. Exploitation of La Mettrie by religious writers <br/> iii. Sensitivity of the <em>philosophes</em> to exploitation of La Mettrie <br/> iv. Reaction to La Mettrie in periodicals <br/> V. Conclusion <br/> THE TEXT <br/> Preface <br/> Section i. Introductory passage <br/> Section ii. Le bonheur organique <br/> Section iii. Education <br/> Section iv. Fortitude <br/> Section v. Happiness through social facilities <br/> Section vi. The medical standpoint <br/> Section vii. Endings <br/> Appendixes |
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