Valsania, Maurizio, 1965-France, 46.0, 2.0United States, 39.76, -98.5Spurlin, Paul Merrill, 1902-19942021Includes bibliographical references and index.The Enlightenment -- The world of the founding fathers and France -- The fathers' knowledge of French -- French literature -- Buffon -- The Philosophes -- Montesquieu and the American Constitution -- Voltaire in the South -- Diderot, D'Alembert, and the Encyclopedia -- A citizen of new-heaven: the Marquis de Condorcet -- French deism, empiricism, ideology, and physiocracy.Description based on online resource ; title from PDF title page (viewed July 7, 2021)The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this book, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.engAthens : The University of Georgia Presshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Enlightenment--United StatesUnited States--Intellectual life--18th centuryUnited States--Civilization--French influencesFrance--Intellectual life--18th centuryFrench Enlightenment in America : essays on the times of the founding fathers / Paul Merrill Spurlin ; with a new foreword by Maurizio ValsaniaText