Conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Note on Translations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. The Social Aesthetic of Play in Seventeenth-Century France 19
6. Chapter 2. Poullain de la Barre: Feminism, Radical and Polite 44
7. Chapter 3. Malebranche and the Bel Esprit 63
8. Chapter 4. Love, Gallantry, and Friendship 97
9. Chapter 5. Shaftesbury’s Quest for Fraternity 115
10. Chapter 6. The Labors of David Hume 162
11. Chapter 7. Genius and the Social: Antoine-Léonard Thomas and Suzanne Curchod Necker 215
12. Chapter 8. Minds Not Meeting: Denis Diderot and Louise d’Épinay 257
13. Conclusion 298
14. Notes 311
15. Index 337
16. Acknowledgments 349