TY - ECHAP A1 - Denieul, Séverine TI - L’Essai de critique sur les sciences, sur les mœurs et sur les arts de Casanova - Un dictionnaire raisonné de la sottise humaine ? T3 - The eighteenth century, n° 17 in Rencontres M1 - 158 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-5139-3.p.0123 SN - 978-2-8124-5139-3 SP - 123 EP - 142 AB - ­Casanova’s Essai de critique sur les mœurs, sur les sciences et sur les arts could be read, at first glance, as a kind of philosophical dictionary. ­Casanova’s own ideas and obsessions appear everywhere. His ambition is to reveal the essence of human stupidity: he thus presents himself as a “moral teacher” (a tradition which goes back to Seneca and his letters to Lucilius). But what kind of moral teacher is Casanova? This article tries to answer the question. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/12/21 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://shop.staging.classiques-garnier.net/casanova-ecrire-a-tort-et-a-travers-l-essai-de-critique-sur-les-sciences-sur-les-moeurs-et-sur-les-arts-de-casanova-en.html Y2 - 2025/12/07 ER -