Enlightenment virtue, 1680-1794 / edited by James Fowler and Marine Ganofsky.
In a speech delivered in 1794, roughly one year after the execution of Louis XVI, Robespierre boldly declared Terror to be an 'emanation of virtue'. In adapting the concept of virtue to Republican ends, Robespierre was drawing on traditions associated with ancient Greece and Rome. But Republican tra...
| Uniform Title: | Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ;
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| Language: | English French |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press on behalf of Voltaire Foundation,
2020.
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| Series: | Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ;
2020:03. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 282 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |