03012nam 2200613Ia 450 991045956020332120210209133438.01-282-87253-297866128725320-465-03258-30-465-02278-2(CKB)2670000000061960(EBL)625065(OCoLC)681054877(SSID)ssj0000444783(PQKBManifestationID)11312160(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444783(PQKBWorkID)10481177(PQKB)11281687(MiAaPQ)EBC3028555(MiAaPQ)EBC625065(Au-PeEL)EBL625065(EXLCZ)99267000000006196020100610d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA wicked company[electronic resource] the forgotten radicalism of the European Enlightenment /Philipp Blom2nd ed.New York Basic Booksc20101 online resource (384 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-465-02865-9 0-465-01453-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""FATHERS AND SONS""; ""1. City of Lights""; ""2. Journeys""; ""3. Encyclpedie: Grand Ambitions""; ""4. Chez M. Holbach""; ""5. Audacity""; ""6. Christianity Unveiled""; ""7. Only the Wicked Man Lives Alone""; ""MARVELOUS MACHINES""; ""8. Le Bon David""; ""9. A Natural Philosophy""; ""10. Sheikhs of the Rue Royale""; ""11. Grandval""; ""12. The Bear""; ""THE ISLAND OF LOVE""; ""13. Crime and Punishment""; ""14. The Most Ungrateful Dogg in the World""; ""15. Fame and Fate""; ""16. The Empress and the Bean King""; ""17. Sex in Paradise""""18. Fifty Hired Priests""""Epilogue: A Stolen Revolution""; ""A Glossary of Protagonists""; ""A Very Selective Bibliography""; ""Notes""; ""Index""The flourishing of radical philosophy in Baron Thierry Holbach's Paris salon from the 1750s to the 1770s stands as a seminal event in Western history. Holbach's house was an international epicenter of revolutionary ideas and intellectual daring, bringing together such original minds as Denis Diderot, Laurence Sterne, David Hume, Adam Smith, Ferdinando Galiani, Horace Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, Guillaume Raynal, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In A Wicked Company, acclaimed historian Philipp Blom retraces the fortunes of this exceptional group of friends. All brilliant minds, full of wit, courage,EnlightenmentRadicalismElectronic books.Enlightenment.Radicalism.944.034Blom Philipp1970-881745MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459560203321A wicked company2486723UNINA