Antoine-Louis-Claude Destutt de Tracy - Analyse raisonnée...

Antoine-Louis-Claude Destutt de Tracy. Reasoned analysis of the origin of all cults or universal religion. Paris, Courcier, An XII [1804], 160 pages. A volume in octavo (200x130 mm), full calf, smooth spine richly decorated, title piece in black morocco, marbled edges (bindings of the period). Fine condition of the binding. Interior fresh, no foxing. Original edition A philosophical essay in which Destutt de Tracy examines Charles-François Dupuis’s L’Origine de tous les cultes, published in Year III. The author offers a critical reading of Dupuis’s theories on the formation of religions and their common origins. He focuses in particular on how religious beliefs have been formed and on the role of explanations based on observation, reason, and the analysis of natural phenomena.

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