Encyclopedic Liberty: Political Articles in the Dictionary of Diderot and D’Alembert

This anthology is the first endeavor to bring together the most significant political writing from the entire twenty-million-word compendium known as The Encyclopedia. It includes eighty-one of the most original, controversial and representative articles on political ideas, practices, and institutions, many translated into English for the first time. The articles cover such topics as the foundations of political order, the relationship between natural and civil liberty, the different types of constitutional regimes, the role of the state in economic and religious affairs, and the boundaries between manners, morals, and laws.
Encyclopedic Liberty: Political Articles in the Dictionary of Diderot and D’Alembert. By Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d’Alembert. Edited and with an Introduction by Henry C. Clark. Translated by Henry C. Clark and Christine Dunn Henderson (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2016).
Copyright:
The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.
People:
- Author: Denis Diderot
- Author: Jean Le Rond d’ Alembert
- Editor: Henry C. Clark
- Translator: Christine Dunn Henderson
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Table of Contents
- Alphabetical List of Articles
- Introduction
- Contributors*
- A Note on the Text
- Translators’ Note
- A Note on Currency
- Acknowledgments
- Encyclopedic Liberty
- Volume 1 (1751)
- The Divine Voice (Aius-Locutius)**
- Political Arithmetic (Arithmétique Politique)*
- Political Authority (Autorité Politique)**
- Volume 2 (1752)
- Brownists (Brownistes)*
- Celibacy (Célibat)**
- Volume 3 (1753)
- Masterpiece (Chef-d’Œuvre)**
- Citizen (Citoyen)**
- Trading Company (Compagnie de Commerce)*
- Competition (Concurrence)*
- Conquest (Conquête)*
- Volume 4 (1754)
- Public Corruption (Corruption Publique)*
- Democracy (Démocratie)*
- Despotism (Despotisme)*
- Volume 5 (1755)
- Natural Right (Droit Naturel)**
- Natural Law (Droit de la Nature)**
- Public Law (Droit Public)**
- Natural Equality (Egalité Naturelle)**
- Eulogy for President Montesquieu (Eloge de M. le Président de Montesquieu)*
- Eulogy for President Montesquieu
- Child (Enfant)**
- Savings (Epargne)*
- Pin (Epingle)*
- Slavery (Esclavage)*
- Volume 6 (1756)
- State of Nature (Etat de Nature)*
- Compound States (Etats Composés)*
- Volume 7 (1757)
- Foundation (Fondation)**
- Gallantry (Galanterie)*
- Geneva (Genève)**
- Government (Gouvernement)*
- Cereals (Grains)*
- Maxims of Economic Government
- Volume 8 (1765)
- Habeas Corpus*
- Man (Homme)**
- Honor (Honneur)*
- Poorhouse (Hôpital)*
- Tax (Impôt)*
- Indissoluble*
- Industry (Industrie)*
- Innovation*
- Intendants (Intendans)*
- Invention**
- Volume 9 (1765)
- Legislator (Législateur)**
- Legislation (Législation)*
- Natural Liberty (Liberté Naturelle)*
- Civil Liberty (Liberté Civile)*
- Political Liberty (Liberté Politique)*
- Liberty; Inscription, Medals (Liberté)*
- Liberty; Mythology, Iconology (Liberté)*
- Law (Loi)*
- Fundamental Law (Loi Fondamentale)*
- Lübeck*
- Machiavellianism (Machiavélisme)**
- Masterships (Maîtrises)*
- Volume 10 (1765)
- Manners (Manière)*
- Mores (Mœurs)*
- Monarchy (Monarchie)*
- Absolute Monarchy (Monarchie Absolue)*
- Elective Monarchy (Monarchie Elective)*
- Limited Monarchy (Monarchie Limitée)*
- Volume 11 (1765)
- Trade (Négoce)*
- Political Economy (Œconomie Politique)*
- Volume 12 (1765)
- English Parliament (Parlement d’Angleterre)*
- Country (Patrie)*
- Patriot (Patriote)*
- Volume 13 (1765)
- Population**
- Power (Pouvoir)*
- Press (Presse)*
- Property (Propriété)*
- Legislative, Executive Power (Puissance Législative, Exécutrice)*
- Volume 14 (1765)
- Representatives (Représentans)**
- Republic (République)*
- Federal Republic (République Fédérative)*
- Rutland*
- Savages (Sauvages)*
- Volume 15 (1765)
- Civil Society (Société Civile)*
- Sovereigns (Souverains)*
- Switzerland (Suisse)*
- Sussex*
- Volume 16 (1765)
- Temples of Liberty (Temples de la Liberté)*
- Toleration (Tolérance)*
- Traffic in Blacks (Traite des Nègres)**
- Tyranny (Tyrannie)*
- Volume 17 (1765)
- Five Percent Tax (Vingtième)*
- Bibliography
- Primary Sources
- The Encyclopédie
- Other Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources