L'anti-épicurisme
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11734710 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sylviane Albertan-Coppola (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 309-318 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dix-huitième siècle (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-6760 • E-ISSN: 1760-7892 |
| Publisher | Société française d'étude du XVIIIe siècle (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.3406/dhs.2003.2551 |
| OpenAlex | W257853066 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Throughout the 18th Century, the anti-philosophes unanimously denounced the link between Enlightenment and Epicurean philosophy. Cardinal Polignac at the beginning of the century, in Anti-Lucretius, considered that the Epicurean system was the source of all forms of atheism. Later, the Jansenist A.-J. de Chaumeix went further, identifying the Encyclopédists with Epicurus. In 1780, the apologist N.-S. Bergier linked the unbelievers' ethics directly to that of Epicurus. A study of these three defenders of Christianity shows how Epicureanism changed during the century. After being criticised by Polignac for its unacceptable physics, it was then accused by Chaumeix and Bergier of being pressed by the Encyclopédie into the service of atheism. Thus linked to Enlightenment polemics, Epicurus can seen to be a mirror in which modern philosophers projected their most daring ideas, as they did with the ancient Egyptians or the Genevan pastors
Art · Atheism · Christianity · Enlightenment · Epicureanism · Epistemology · Literature · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |