Catherine & Diderot

The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Biography & Memoir, Philosophers, France
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Author: Robert Zaretsky ISBN: 9780674240865
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: February 18, 2019
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Robert Zaretsky
ISBN: 9780674240865
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: February 18, 2019
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

In a dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian empress who wielded it with great aplomb, Robert Zaretsky invites us to reflect on the fraught relationship between politics and philosophy, and between a man of thought and a woman of action.

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In a dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian empress who wielded it with great aplomb, Robert Zaretsky invites us to reflect on the fraught relationship between politics and philosophy, and between a man of thought and a woman of action.

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