A Sheep in Wolff's Clothing
Émilie du Châtelet and the Encyclopédie
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9348709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glenn Roe (0000-0002-5611-7916, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 179-196 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Eighteenth-Century Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-2586 • E-ISSN: 1086-315X |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/ecs.2017.0059 |
| OpenAlex | W2781595117 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article explores the use of Émilie Du Châtelet's Institutions de physique as both an acknowledged and unacknowledged source for the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, and argues for Du Châtelet's inclusion as a full participant in the philosophical conversations the Encyclopédie enacts. Widely considered a minor voice who entered the Encyclopédie solely through the mediation of Samuel Formey—a largely forgotten and conflicted encyclopédiste—new evidence generated using techniques developed in the digital humanities suggests that Du Châtelet was a much more central figure in the Encyclopédie's engagement with the metaphysics of Leibniz and Wolff than previously thought
Art · Art history · Epistemology · Humanities · Metaphysics · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · Philosophy · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |