Argens, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis dĠ. La philosophie du bon sens, ou Rflexions philosophiques sur lĠincertitude des connoissances humaines lĠusage des cavaliers & du beau-sexe. Nouvelle Edition, Revue, Corrige & Augmente dĠun Examen Critique des Remarques de Mr. lĠAbbe dĠOlivet. The Hague: Pierre Paupie, 1740
Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines with raised bands, edges stained red. , [2], xvi, 480; [2], viii, 476, [4, ads] pp. Index. , Title-page in red and black. Fine engraved portrait, one other engraved plate, and engraved headpiece.
A fine set., Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis DĠArgens (1704-1771) was a fairly prolific writer of the Enlightenment, who was much influenced by Bayle. Perhaps his most notable work was Lettres juives (1736), written in the assumed character of a Jewish visitor to France in order to criticize French customs and institutions, particularly religious institutions. He obtained the patronage of Frederick the Great, who appointed him chamberlain and director of belles-lettres in the Accademy. He wrote several books with his wife, Babet Cochois (1735-1762), a former actress whose intelligence was highly regarded. The present work was one of his most popular, going through a number of editions. One of its readers was Immanuel Kant.
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