Casanova, Enlightenment philosopher

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Other Authors : Cerman Ivo (Éditeur scientifique), Reynolds Susan (Éditeur scientifique), Lucci Diego (Éditeur scientifique)
Format : Book
Language : anglais
Title statement : Casanova, Enlightenment philosopher / edited by Ivo Cerman, Susan Reynolds and Diego Lucci
Published : Oxford : Voltaire Foundation , 2016, cop. 2016
Physical Description : 1 vol. (xv- 247 p.)
Series : Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2016/09
Subjects :
  • Ivo Cerman / Introduction: the philosophy of Giacomo Casanova
  • Part I: Casanova s philosophy: an overview
  • 1. Ivo Cerman / Casanova s observations on moral philosophy
  • 2. Federico Di Trocchio / The philosophy of the adventurer: Giacomo Casanova beyond libertinism and Enlightenment
  • Part II: National contexts
  • 3. Wolfgang Rother / Italian Enlightenment debates on religion and Church: Casanova s philosophy and its background
  • 4. Maciej Forycki / Casanova and his considerations on the partition of Poland
  • Part III: Case studies
  • 5. Paolo L. Bernardini and Diego Lucci / Casanova on suicide
  • 6. Jean-Christophe Igalens / Casanova: writing the dream between philosophy and autobiography
  • 7. Gérard Lahouati / Voltaire, Casanova and the Dialogues chrétiens: an investigation
  • 8. Ivo Cerman / Je viens pour vous convertir : Casanova s dialogues on philosophy and religion