Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France

The Spirit of the Enlightenment

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Botany, Other Sciences, History
Cover of the book Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France by R.L. Williams, Springer Netherlands
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Author: R.L. Williams ISBN: 9789401598491
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: March 9, 2013
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: R.L. Williams
ISBN: 9789401598491
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: March 9, 2013
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

The book describes the innovations that enabled botany, in the Eighteenth century, to emerge as an independent science, independent from medicine and herbalism. This encompassed the development of a reliable system for plant classification and the invention of a nomenclature that could be universally applied and understood. The key that enabled Linnaeus to devise his classification system was the discovery of the sexuality of plants. The book, which is intended for the educated general reader, proceeds to illustrate how many aspects of French life were permeated by this revolution in botany between about 1760 to 1815, a botanophilia sometimes inflated into botanomania. The reader should emerge with a clearer understanding of what the Enlightenment actually was in contrast to some popular second-hand ideas today.

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The book describes the innovations that enabled botany, in the Eighteenth century, to emerge as an independent science, independent from medicine and herbalism. This encompassed the development of a reliable system for plant classification and the invention of a nomenclature that could be universally applied and understood. The key that enabled Linnaeus to devise his classification system was the discovery of the sexuality of plants. The book, which is intended for the educated general reader, proceeds to illustrate how many aspects of French life were permeated by this revolution in botany between about 1760 to 1815, a botanophilia sometimes inflated into botanomania. The reader should emerge with a clearer understanding of what the Enlightenment actually was in contrast to some popular second-hand ideas today.

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