The uses of curiosity in early modern France and Germany / Neil Kenny.

Between the 16th and 18th centuries, writers obsessively discussed curiosity in order to regulate knowledge or behaviour to establish who should try to know or do what. This title investigates that obsession by developing a language based approach that contributes to debates about knowledge we can h...

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Main Author: Kenny, Neil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Summary:Between the 16th and 18th centuries, writers obsessively discussed curiosity in order to regulate knowledge or behaviour to establish who should try to know or do what. This title investigates that obsession by developing a language based approach that contributes to debates about knowledge we can have of the past.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 484 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-476) and index.
ISBN:142376790X
9781423767909
1280757752
9781280757754
9780199271368
0199271364
9786610757756
6610757755
9780191709531
0191709530
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