Michel-Ange Marin et les Pensées philosophiques
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14814768 |
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| Authors | Raymond Trousson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-55 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Recherches sur Diderot et sur l Encyclopédie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0769-0886 • E-ISSN: 1955-2416 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/rde.1992.1185 |
| OpenAlex | W2068594986 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 1 |
Raymond Trousson: Michel-Ange Marin and the Pensées philosophiques. Few of Diderot's works were as systematically analysed and criticized as the Pensées philosophiques, which were published in 1746 and were still being refuted forty years later. One hitherto unnoticed refutation is Father Marin of the Minim order, a controversialist and author of many apologetic novels which continued to be popular up to the end of the 19th century. The preface to his novel Le baron Van Hesden ou la République des incrédules (1762) singles out Diderot's Pensées philosophiques as being particularly dangerous due to their dense, concise form. He is mainly concerned to denounce the author's inconsistency and incapacity to follow a logical reasoning, to show up his bad faith and to condemn his apology for the passions. Although ignoring the essential problems (sensualism, criticism of superstition, Diderot's attitude towards materialism and atheism), Marin nevertheless indicates, 16 years after their publication, the crucial importance of the Pensées philosophiques
Art · Atheism · Criticism · Epistemology · Faith · Humanities · Literature · Materialism · Middle Ages · Passions · Superstition · Theology · French Literature and Criticism · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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