Art de penser et art de parler: Politique et poetique du langage dans la philosophie moderne

This book analyzes the question of the power of words from the classical age to the Enlightenment. Hobbes' Leviathan is the starting point, and Locke's Essay serves as a pivot. The third part is devoted to the analysis of tropes in Du Marsais, Rousseau, Condillac, and Vico.