![]() ![]() In a broader sense, I intend to contribute to investigations on Radical Enlightenment and clandestine philosophical manuscripts. ![]() In this research, therefore, I seek: first, to develop our current knowledge on Meslier’s philosophy, taking into a count a point of view usually overlooked by prominent critics second: to expand our current knowledge about the genesis and the possible reception of his text and ideas in the second half of the eighteenth century. This antagonism seems to be of particular importance to understanding the genesis, the priest’s work’s argumentative structure, and his potential readers or recipients’ delimitation. 1729) from a specific point of view: the radical antagonism between the concepts of bon sens / droite raison and foi / créance aveugle. In particular, I propose to offer an interpretation of Meslier’s Mémoire des pensées et des sentiments (ca. Clandestine Philosophy : New Studies on Subversive Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe, 1620-1823. In general, my current research concerns the genesis, meaning, and reception of Meslier’s thought. Jean Meslier (1664-1729), priest of Etrépigny, left at his death a manuscript in which he develops an atheistic and materialistic philosophy. ![]()
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