Voluptuous Philosophy

Voluptuous Philosophy
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Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-13 : 9780823226962
ISBN-10 : 0823226964
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Book Synopsis Voluptuous Philosophy by : Natania Meeker

Download or read book Voluptuous Philosophy written by Natania Meeker and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 18th-century France, matter itself - in forms ranging from atoms to anatomies - became a privileged object of study. This book defines what is at stake in the emergence of an enlightened secular materialism by showing how questions of figure are consistently located at the very heart of 18th-century debates on the nature of material substance.


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