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Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France: The Spirit of the Enlightenment Hardcover - 2001 - 2001st Edition

by R. L. Williams


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The book describes the innovations that enabled botany, in the Eighteenth century, to emerge as an independent science, independent from medicine and herbalism. This encompassed the development of a reliable system for plant classification and the invention of a nomenclature that could be universally applied and understood. The key that enabled Linnaeus to devise his classification system was the discovery of the sexuality of plants. The book, which is intended for the educated general reader, proceeds to illustrate how many aspects of French life were permeated by this revolution in botany between about 1760 to 1815, a botanophilia sometimes inflated into botanomania. The reader should emerge with a clearer understanding of what the Enlightenment actually was in contrast to some popular second-hand ideas today.

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The emergence of botany as a science distinct from medicine and herbalism in the 18th century was a gradual metamorphosis, not a sudden flowering.

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  • Title Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France: The Spirit of the Enlightenment
  • Author R. L. Williams
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 2001st
  • Edition 2001
  • Pages 197
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Springer, Dordrecht
  • Date 2001-10-31
  • ISBN 9780792368861 / 079236886X
  • Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.42 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Botany - France - History - 18th century, Botany - France - Philosophy - 18th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001038325
  • Dewey Decimal Code 580.944
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