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FOUR. The Lord of Ferney

  • Robert Zaretsky and John T. Scott
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The Philosophers' Quarrel
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. ONE. An Enlightenment Quarrel 1
  5. TWO. The Wild Philosopher 8
  6. THREE. The Great Scot 37
  7. FOUR. The Lord of Ferney 56
  8. FIVE. Le Bon David 72
  9. SIX. A Stone’s Throw from Paris 90
  10. SEVEN. First Impressions 104
  11. EIGHT. A Public Spectacle 114
  12. NINE. Poses and Impostures 128
  13. TEN. Hume, Judge of le Bon David 149
  14. ELEVEN. An Enlightenment Tragedy 170
  15. TWELVE. So Great a Noise 183
  16. THIRTEEN. How Philosophers Die 198
  17. Notes 211
  18. Index 239
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300156249-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. ONE. An Enlightenment Quarrel 1
  5. TWO. The Wild Philosopher 8
  6. THREE. The Great Scot 37
  7. FOUR. The Lord of Ferney 56
  8. FIVE. Le Bon David 72
  9. SIX. A Stone’s Throw from Paris 90
  10. SEVEN. First Impressions 104
  11. EIGHT. A Public Spectacle 114
  12. NINE. Poses and Impostures 128
  13. TEN. Hume, Judge of le Bon David 149
  14. ELEVEN. An Enlightenment Tragedy 170
  15. TWELVE. So Great a Noise 183
  16. THIRTEEN. How Philosophers Die 198
  17. Notes 211
  18. Index 239
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