On "Encyclopédie"
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The Encyclopaedia Is a Statement of the Moderns
The encyclopaedia is a statement of the moderns. It's saying, you don't always want automatically to turn to ancient authorities and assume that they were right. This practice could trap scholars in the past, rather than letting them move forward. The church had immense political as well as cultural power. And so it's an attempt to educate a citizenry.
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