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Pensées (point trop) sécrètes de Nicolas Fréret sur la religion
No full textAlthough he devoted almost all his intellectual life to the Académie des
Inscriptions, Nicolas Fréret was also a clandestine philosopher. Based on a comparison
between his writings at the Académie and his Lettre de Thrasybule à Leucippe, this
contribution aims to show the unity of his thought on religion. Theses that seem
harmless in the context of scholarly works reveal their subversive character when
developed in the openly atheist context of the Lettre.Bien qu’il ait consacré presque toute sa vie intellectuelle à l’Académie des
Inscriptions, Nicolas Fréret fut aussi un philosophe clandestin. En s’appuyant sur une
comparaison entre ses écrits académiques et sa Lettre de Thrasybule à Leucippe, cette
contribution se propose de montrer l’unité de sa pensée sur la religion. Des thèses qui
paraissent inoffensives dans le cadre des travaux érudits dévoilent leur caractère subversif lorsqu’elles sont développées dans celui ouvertement athée de la Lettre
The great protector of wits. Baron d'Holbach and his time
No full textThe Great Protector of Wits provides a new assessment of baron d’Holbach (1723–1789) and his circle. A challenging figure of the European Enlightenment, Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach was not only a radically materialistic philosopher, a champion of anticlericalism, the author of the Système de la nature – known as ‘the Bible of atheists’ –, an idéologue, a popularizer of the natural sciences and a prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie, but he also played a crucial role as an organizer of intellectual networks and was a master of disseminating clandestine literature and a consummate strategist in authorial fictions. In this collective volume, for the first time, all these different threads of d’Holbach’s ‘philosophy in action’ are considered and analyzed in their interconnection
Fonti sottovalutate e fonti ignorate della voce 'Polythéisme' dell'Encyclopédie
No full textL'articolo propone una rilettura della voce «Polythéisme» dell'Encyclopédie alla luce delle sue fonti, finora in gran parte ignorate (Boureau-Deslandes, Houtteville) o sottovalutate (Warburton, Bayle). A partire dalla loro individuazione e dallo studio del modo in cui il redattore se ne serve (citazioni, plagi, giustapposizioni, rimaneggiamenti), si cerca di fornire elementi utili per la questione dell'attribuzione della voce all'abate Yvon, nonché di far emergere alcuni risvolti ideologici del dibattito settecentesco su politeismo e idolatria. Sulla base di questa indagine e attraverso un breve confronto conclusivo con le voci «Dieux» e «Idole, Idolâtre, Idolâtrie», si tenta infine di mostrare l'appartenenza dell'articolo «Polythéisme» ad un contesto pienamente tradizionale.This paper proposes a re-interpretation of the article in the Encyclopédie on «Polythéisme» based on its sources, which have hitherto been largely ignored (Boureau-Deslandes, Houtteville) or underrated (Warburton, Bayle). These sources are identified, and the author's treatment of them is investigated (quotations, plagiarism, juxtapositions, alterations). The paper thereby aims to make a contribution to the question of the attribution of the article to the Abbé Yvon and brings to light some ideological implications of the eighteenth-century debate on polytheism and idolatry. On the basis of this research and of a short comparison with the entries «Dieux» and «Idole, Idolâtre, Idolâtrie», the paper attempts to demonstrate that the article «Polythéisme» should be considered as belonging to an essentially traditional cultural background
Recensione di Mladen Kozul, "Les Lumières imaginaires : Holbach et la traduction", Voltaire Foundation, Oxford 2016 (Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 5), XII+282 pp.
No full textFilosofia, scienze, erudizione nel Sei-Settecento. Bilanci e prospettive di ricerca (Roma, 26-28 gennaio 2016). Cronaca della giornata di studi
No full textLes Philosophes et les Dieux. Le Polythéisme en débat dans la France des Lumières (1704-1770)
No full textL’idolâtrie, le polythéisme, les cultes des païens, la religion « autre » par excellence : le thème est omniprésent dans la réflexion religieuse et antireligieuse du siècle des Lumières. Les philosophes comme les théologiens, les savants comme les artistes, les orthodoxes et les idéologues, les académiciens et les salonniers se mêlent au débat. À la rencontre de ces différentes voix prennent naissance un regard de plus en plus historique et un intérêt véritablement philosophique envers l’univers religieux des païens, qu’on ne considérait auparavant que du point de vue exégétique et théologique. S’ensuit un renversement de paradigme : l’idée traditionnelle selon laquelle le monothéisme serait la religionoriginelle et le paganisme sa corruption est graduellement mise en doute. Le nouveau modèle du polythéisme primitif, qui s’impose àpartir de la moitié du siècle, ne représente pas simplement une réponse inédite à la question de l’origine des divinités païennes. C’est le statut même du problème qui change, se chargeant d’une signification bien plus large et d’enjeux plus décisifs : s’interroger sur l’origine et la nature des dieux et des déesses signifie désormais s’interroger sur l’origine et la nature de la religion tout court
Lugubre et riant, doux et intolérant : le paganisme vu par les Lumières
No full textL’attitude des philosophes des Lumières face au paganisme est assez variée et complexe. Les mythes sont souvent regardés comme des fables ridicules, mais aussi comme des aventures fascinantes. Pour certains auteurs, les cultes païens sont de tristes souvenirs du passé misérable de la race humaine ; pour d’autres ils sont, au contraire, l’expression joyeuse des passions. La nature même du polythéisme est envisagée par certains comme douce et tolérante, par d’autres comme féroce et vouée à la guerre de religion. L’article vise à présenter certains aspects du débat sur les religions païennes, en se concentrant en particulier sur le problème de leur tolérance pour en montrer les enjeux théoriques et politiques dans la pensée du XVIIIe siècle.Enlightenment approaches to pagan religions are various and complex. Ancient myths are considered like ridiculous fables or fascinating adventures. Some authors look at pagan rites like sad memories of the miserable past of mankind, others like a joyful expression of the passions. The nature itself of polytheistic religions is peaceful and tolerant according to some, ferocious and warmongering according to others. This article aims to show some aspects of the modern debate on paganism. In particular, it focuses on the question of polytheism’s supposed tolerance or intolerance to shed light on its theoretical and political issues in Eighteenth-century thought
“Bringing the plague”: Groundwork for a transformative outreach of psychoanalysis
No full textThe authors lay the groundwork for a theory and technique of transformative outreach of psychoanalysis, a process of group building of a shared emotional experience by way of a discourse on issues of psychoanalytic relevance. The subject of interest is the public conference, where the “outreach session” is defined as a situation built on the basis of a well-defined setting, which allows the unfolding of the informative process to the best effect. Being able to grasp the quality of the experience that one is creating, while respecting individual differences, is a specific analytical capacity. To the audience, being able to feel that someone minds how it may experience being there, in that moment, means being able to experience in person the containing and transformative capacity of psychoanalysis. This frame of mind can be maintained much more easily if the speaker shows up without a written speech: “placing a sheet” between him or herself and the audience shields his or her perceptual-receptive capacity, which is necessary to give space to the waking dream activity. As theoretical background, the recent developments of the Bionian perspective proposed by Ogden and Ferro seem the most suitable to root our proposed ideas for good psychoanalytical outreach practices
‘Aussi hardi... qu'aucun philosophe en France'. The Eighteenth-Century French Reception of Hume's Essays
No full textThe role of France in David Hume’s intellectual biography is difficult to overestimate. He visited that country three times, wrote the Treatise in La Flèche, and reached the peak of his success during the years he spent in Paris (1763-66), where he was welcomed as a highly valuable member of the Republic of Letters. He cared greatly about the circulation of his writings in France, and actually succeeded in establishing his reputation across the Channel. The History of England made him an outstanding historian, the Natural History of Religion an authoritative esprit fort, but it was the Essays that confirmed him as a subtle political thinker and, what he cared about most, as a profound philosopher in the eyes of his French readers. Before and besides being translated in the form of collections, many of Hume’s essays were translated, summarised, commented on, reviewed, and discussed individually, giving rise to a complex and divergent reception. The present chapter provides an overview of this reception, based on the first attempt to compile an exhaustive repertory of eighteenth-century French translations of the Essays, complemented by a list of summaries, notes, reviews, commentaries, criticisms, and responses
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