an affectionate portrait of an intellectual people Hazareesingh, Sudhir 1961- creator enk London Penguin Books 2016 eng 426 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Traces the story of French intellectual thought to demonstrate how French ideas have fundamentally shaped the modern West, citing the contributions of such figures as Descartes, Rousseau, and Voltaire A yearning towards universality -- The skull of Descartes -- Darkness and light -- Landscapes of Utopia -- The ideals of science -- To the left, and to the right -- The sum of their parts -- Interlude: new paths to the present -- Freedom and domination -- Writing for everybody -- The end of history -- The closing of the French mind -- Anxiety and optimism. Sudhir Hazareesingh Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2015. Filosofía francesa Francia Vida intelectual B 1801 H428h 2016 9780241961063 0241961068 180719 20241120162954.0 eng