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Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
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Encyclopedia of
the enlightenment
REVISED EDITION
Peter Hanns Reill
University of California, Los Angeles
Consulting Editor
Ellen Judy Wilson
Principal Author
 
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Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, Revised Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilson, Ellen Judy.
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment / Peter Hanns Reill, consulting editor;
Ellen Judy Wilson, principal author.—Rev. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8160-5335-9
1. Enlightenment—Encyclopedias. 2. Philosophy—Encyclopedias.
I. Reill, Peter Hanns. II. Title.
B802.W48 2004
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C ONTENTS
List of Illustrations
iv
Preface to the Revised Edition
vii
Introduction
ix
How to Use This Book
xii
Chronology
xiv
Entries A to Z
1
Selected Bibliography
643
Index
647
 
L IST OF I LLUSTRATIONS
Royal palace at Versailles
2
John Adams
5
Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
11
George III
13
William and Mary
17
18th-century map of the stars
25
Johann Sebastian Bach
34
Jeremy Bentham
49
William Blackstone
58
Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon
75
Edmund Burke
78
Domestic clothmaking
92
Catherine II (the Great)
97
Marquise du Châtelet
102
Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier, by David
104
Alchemical-chemical lab
105
Workers carrying and examining tea
107
Bird beaks and feet
116
Ships in front of East India Company warehouse
121
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
123
Marie-Jean Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
125
Grand orrery, by Rowley
128
Residenztheater, Munich
137
The Death of Socrates, by David
140
“The Signing of the Declaration of Independence,” by Savage
142
Madame du Deffand
145
René Descartes
152
Denis Diderot
159
Coat of arms of the East India Company
168
Engraving from Émile
173
Page from the Encyclopédie
175
Birds from the Encyclopédie
176
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