l’ésprit (1758), Helvétius follows the
that are not nearly as evident as Locke assumes. Locke’s
The early enlightenment: 1685-1730
Treatises, his Inquiry Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony,
The late enlightenment and beyond: 1780-1815
deism, the so-called “Cult of the Supreme Being”, as the
beauty is “nothing more” than a human idea or experience. As within the area of Enlightenment 
ethics, so with Enlightenment
The enlightenment key facts
Germany, Diderot not only philosophized about artwork and sweetness, but also
tracts which are sympathetic to deism; and their deistic sympathies