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Memoirs and history
Saint-Simon
pp. 39-54
Abstract
In these chapters I will apply the above theses to the analysis of two texts stemming from the period around 1700. The first is the introduction to the memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon. The second is a tractate about the best way to study history , entitled Méthode pour étudier l" histoire, by Lenglet du Fresnoy.
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Motzkin Gabriel (1992) Time and transcendence: secular history, the catholic reaction and the rediscovery of the future. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 39-54
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2508-6_2
Full citation:
Motzkin Gabriel (1992) Memoirs and history: Saint-Simon, In: Time and transcendence, Dordrecht, Springer, 39–54.