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Article: Dissertation sur la formation du monde (1738); Dissertation sur la resurrection de la chair (1743): manuscrits du recueil 1168 de la Bibliotheque Mazarine de Paris.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- January 1, 2003
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Dissertation sur la formation du monde (1738); Dissertation sur la resurrection de la chair (1743): manuscrits du recueil 1168 de la Bibliotheque Mazarine de Paris. Ed. with commentary by CLAUDIA STANCATI. Paris: Champion. 2001. 231 pp. ISBN 2-7453-0428-3.
Claudia Stancati shows that there is no way of knowing with any certainty when the two Dissertations she has edited were composed, but she believes--from internal echoes--that they are possibly by the same author, who may well also have composed the Jordanus Brunus redivivus. Stancati speculates that the dates of 1738 and 1743 found on the Mazarine manuscripts may not be far out. Like all similar clandestine ...