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Study of the works of Claude Buffier
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Study of the works of Claude Buffier
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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cover | 1 | |
| Title Page | 4 | |
| Copyright Page | 5 | |
| Preface | 8 | |
| Table of Contents | 10 | |
| Introduction | 12 | |
| I. Buffier's life and the phases of his interests | 16 | |
| II. Buffier as an educationist: innovator within a tradition | 32 | |
| III. Buffier on metaphysics and religion: common sense and popularisation | 66 | |
| IV. The sources of Buffier's metaphysical thought | 86 | |
| V. The influence of Buffier's metaphysics | 98 | |
| VI. Buffier's contribution to ethical thought: a jesuit's lay morality | 118 | |
| VII. Buffier's views on aesthetics and literary creation: mediator in the Querelle des anciens et des modernes | 144 | |
| Conclusion | 168 | |
| Appendix A. Letter from Buffier to mIle de Scudéry | 178 | |
| Appendix B. List of articles on metaphysics in the Encyclopédie plagiarised from Buffier | 179 | |
| Appendix C. The article 'Sens commun' in Encyclopédie as an example of plagiarism | 180 | |
| Bibliography of the works of Claude Buffier | 186 | |
| List of works cited | 219 | |
| Index | 228 |