The essay discusses Du Bos' appeal to climate and "physical causes" (air and earth) and his treatment of "moral causes", his reference to "indirect" physical causes, his accounts of changes, his ambiguities, with regard to national characters. It discusses his figure as the chief supporter of the climatic explanation in the eighteenth-century, and outlines his possible sources (Malebranche and Fontenelle) and finally paints him as a "voltigeur" between identity and difference, sameness and change.
Aria di casa. Du Bos e il carattere delle piante-nazione, 2020.
Aria di casa. Du Bos e il carattere delle piante-nazione
Mazza, Emilio
2020-01-01
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The essay discusses Du Bos' appeal to climate and "physical causes" (air and earth) and his treatment of "moral causes", his reference to "indirect" physical causes, his accounts of changes, his ambiguities, with regard to national characters. It discusses his figure as the chief supporter of the climatic explanation in the eighteenth-century, and outlines his possible sources (Malebranche and Fontenelle) and finally paints him as a "voltigeur" between identity and difference, sameness and change.
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