Conference: The encyclopedia of Diderot (and Alembert?): monument and combat weapon

Name: Conférence : l'encyclopédie de Diderot (et d'Alembert?) : monument et arme de combat
Start: 2020-09-19T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2020-09-19T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Médiathèque Maurice Delange

Conference on the emblematic work of the Enlightenment: the Encyclopedia of Diderot and Alembert

Samedi 19 septembre 2020, 15h00Passé

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An emblematic work of the Enlightenment, the Encyclopedia appeared between 1751 and 1772. It knew many hazards and had to face censorship. Inspired by Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, published in London in 1728, the Encyclopedia was masterfully edited by Denis Diderot and written with the help of 200 well-known collaborators. (scholars, philosophers and specialists of all disciplines). Among them are Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Condillac, Daubenton, Jaucourt and Marmontel. The preliminary discourse, written by d'Alembert, is a summary of knowledge in the 18th century. Alain Ruhlmann, Associate Professor of Modern Literature, will return to this easy chapter of French cultural history

À propos du lieu

Médiathèque Maurice Delange

Place de la Porte de Rouen, 14600 Honfleur

Calvados
Normandie

Public service devoted to reading, to cultural leisures, to information and to training(formation) throughout life, the media library proposes you of collections for all ages, of the early childhood via(including) the teenagers up to the seniors.
You can come read on the spot, visit our exhibitions(exposures) or else benefit from spaces of relaxation or of work put at your disposal.
Free animations and aimed at(bound for) all public (conferences, projections, shows) is regularly also organised in the auditorium Charles Baudelaire.
Finally, books, read books, magazines, CD and DVD are empruntables on registration(inscription).