Encyclopédie française
Encyclopedia
The Encyclopédie française was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....

 designed by Anatole de Monzie
Anatole de Monzie
Anatole de Monzie was a French administrator, encyclopaedist , political figure and scholar. His father was a tax collector in Bazas, Gironde where Anatole - a name he disliked from an early age - was born in 1876...

 and Lucien Febvre
Lucien Febvre
Lucien Febvre was a French historian best known for the role he played in establishing the Annales School of history. He has designed the Encyclopédie française together with Anatole de Monzie.-Biography:...

. It appeared between 1935 and 1966.

Volumes

  • I. L'Outillage mental. Pensée, langage, mathématique.
  • II. La physique.
  • III. Le Ciel et la Terre.
  • IV. La vie.
  • V. Les êtres vivants.
  • VI. L'être humain.
  • VII. Espèce humaine.
  • VIII. La vie mentale.
  • IX. L'univers économique et social.
  • X. L'état moderne, aménagement et crise.
  • XI. La vie internationale.
  • XII. Chimie. Science et industries.
  • XIII. Industrie. Agriculture.
  • XIV. La civilisation quotidienne.
  • XV. Education et instruction.
  • XVI. Arts et Littératures dans la société contemporaine: Materiaux et Techniques.
  • XVII. Arts et Littératures dans la société contemporaine: Oeuvres et Interprétations.
  • XVIII. La Civilisation écrite.
  • XIX. Philosophie. Religion.
  • XX. Le monde en devenir (histoire, évolution, prospective).

External links

  • Charles Van Doren
    Charles Van Doren
    Charles Lincoln Van Doren is an American intellectual, writer, and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s...

    , "The Idea of an Encyclopedia" (1963), discussing the Encyclopédie française: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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