The French Revolution was the culmination of Enlightenment thinking. But rather than celebrating science, the revolutionaries suppressed ideas and killed the people that held them. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, one of the greatest experiments ever was being conducted. It wasn’t a scientific experiment, even though it was the culmination of Enlightenment … Continue reading "⑥ Revolutionary Science▪On the politicization of science during the French Revolution"

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Date de publication : 27/5/2020 à 22:06:41