Vila, Anne C. <br/><br/>
Suffering Scholars :  Pathologies of the Intellectual in Enlightenment France. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (276 pages) 
 - Intellectual History of the Modern Age Series .
 - Intellectual History of the Modern Age Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Medicine and the Cult of the Thinker, 1750-89 -- 2. The Ardor for Study: Inwardness and the Zealous Cerebralist -- 3. Passions and the Philosophe -- 4. Corporality and the Life of the Mind in Voltaire and Diderot -- 5. Melancholy, Genius, and Intellectual Identity: The Cases of Rousseau and Staël -- 6. Refashioning Intellectual Pathologies in the Wake of the Revolution -- Epilogue. Not So Singular, After All? -- Notes -- Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> Suffering Scholars focuses on the medical and literary dimensions of the cult of celebrity that developed around intellectuals during the French Enlightenment. Anne C. Vila shows how the "suffering scholar" syndrome deeply influenced debates about the consequences of book-learning on both the individual body and the body politic. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812294804 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Intellectuals-Health and hygiene-France-History-18th century.<br/>Intellectuals-Health and hygiene-France-History-19th century.<br/>Intellectuals-France-History-18th century.<br/>Intellectuals-France-History-19th century.<br/>Enlightenment-France.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DC33.4 .V49 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.552094409033