The Treatise of the Three Impostors and the Problem of Enlightenment: A New Translation of the Traite DES Trois Imposteurs with Three Essays in Commentary

by Abraham Anderson St. John's College, Santa

Overview

Including the first English edition of the Treatise of the Three Impostors since 1904, this book examines the treatise in its literary, political, and philosophical context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847684311
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/27/1997
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 9.04(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Abraham Anderson is assistant professor of philosophy at University of New Mexico. He has published articles in Philosophical Quarterly, Ancient Philosophy, and Interpretation.

Editorial Reviews

This volume makes available in English a capital text of the radical, anti-religious Enlightenment. Anderson's extensive annotations and interpretive essay provide a rich introduction to the work's philosophic context and implications.

Thomas Pangle

There is a whole world here—little known to anglophone scholarship—that may have had more influence on the development of modern political theory and philosophy than many of the 'greats'.

John Christian Laursen

This volume contains a new, accurate translation of one version of the Treatise along with related works which were published together in a 1777 edition.
...Anderson's fascinating essays should interest students of early modern philosophy...
— Christopher Kelly, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Albert E. Gunn and Staff

This volume contains a new, accurate translation of one version of the Treatise along with related works which were published together in a 1777 edition. ...Anderson's fascinating essays should interest students of early modern philosophy.......

Albert E. Gunn and Staff - Christopher Kelly

This is a useful volume.

History Of Poltical Thought

This volume contains a new, accurate translation of one version of the Treatise along with related works which were published together in a 1777 edition. ...Anderson's fascinating essays should interest students of early modern philosophy.......

Albert E. Gunn and Staff - Christopher Kelly Christopher Kelly