Fontenelle and the problem of generation
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Alain F. Corcos
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Article
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1971
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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L'autorit6 a cess6 d'avolr plus de poids que la raison.'" Preface de l'Histoire de l'Acad6mie des Sciences depuis 1666. Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) was considered by French literary critics a witty, elegant writer, an influential philosopher, and an excellent popularizer of science.