TY - EJOUR A1 - Volpilhac-Auger, Catherine TI - Fontenelle and Montesquieu, a conversation with one voice T2 - La Lettre clandestine 2020, n° 28. Pensées secrètes des académiciens. Fontenelle et ses confrères JO - La Lettre clandestine (ISSN 2271-720X), 28, 2020 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10651-7.p.0313 SN - 2271-720X SP - 313 EP - 325 AB - Although Montesquieu and Fontenelle were close, nothing is known of their meeting with one another, and Montesquieu only rarely cites the writings of his great elder. However, he frequently mentions conversations that reveal both the gap between their respective philosophical approaches and the deep kinship of two minds united by the common conviction that philosophy cannot dispense with belles-lettres. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06/24 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Montesquieu, Fontenelle, Académie des sciences, belles-lettres, Enlightenment LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/la-lettre-clandestine-2020-n-28-pensees-secretes-des-academiciens-fontenelle-et-ses-confreres-fontenelle-and-montesquieu-a-conversation-with-one-voice.html Y2 - 2024/07/11 ER -