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Materia actuosa: Antiquite, age classique, lumieres. Melanges en l'honneur d'Olivier Bloch.(Book Review)

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From: The Modern Language Review
Date: 20021001
Author:Moles, Elizabeth

Materia actuosa: Antiquite, age classique, lumieres. Melanges en l'honneur d'Olivier Bloch. Ed. by MIGUEL BENITEZ AND OTHERS. (Champion-Varia, 38) Paris: Champion. 2000. 747 pp. 580 F.

This eclectic and erudite tribute to Olivier Bloch's vast corpus of work on the history of materialism is edited in accordance with his fastidious standards. Sections comprise: 'Sources anciennes', ranging from Homer and Lucretius to Parmenides; 'De la renaissance aux libertins', covering Bruno's cosmology, Descartes's celebrated letter to the abbe Picot, La Mothe Le Vayer, and Cyrano; 'Gassendi, ...

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