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DELISLE DE SALES, J.-B. Isoard - De la Philosophie de la nat…
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578
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DELISLE DE SALES, J.-B. Isoard - De la Philosophie de la nat…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
DELISLE DE SALES, J.-B. Isoard - De la Philosophie de la nature ou traité de morale pour l'espèce humaine. 3rd ed. London, 1777. 6 vols. in-8, 6 engraved titles, 1 portrait by Borel engraved by Duflos, 1 frontispiece and 12 figs. by Née and others, porphyre calf, triple gilt thread on boards, spine ribbed and decorated.
COHEN 281. An imprisonment at the Châtelet in 1776 following a resale of the work suddenly brought Delisle de Sales fame. Protected by the philosophers, the author received a flattering notice from Helvétius at the head of this third edition. The work itself was not very original, but nevertheless offered perhaps the most extensive summary of the received ideas produced by the philosophy of the Enlightenment. Divided into four parts, it dealt with the origin of the world and the principle of morality, which is self-love; the second part considered man alone and the goal of his nature, which is pleasure; the third part dealt with man's relationship with God and the dangers of atheism, superstition and fanaticism; in the fourth part it advocated a universal religion in which pure worship would replace the canonisation of an obscure saint with commemorations of the Edict of Nantes or the rehabilitation of Calas.
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