Nicolas Rieucau

Paris 8 University | UP8 · UFR AES Economie et Gestion

René-Louis de Girardin is remembered for having invited Rousseau to hisErmenonville estate. Girardin believed it necessary to further the debate on gardens on the basis of a principle of continuity that rejects any idea of enclosure. This made it possible to establish an agricultural model that increased production and finally allowed the monopoly...

This article transcripts and comments on two letters by Adam Smith, and two letters by his correspondent Joseph Nicolas de Windischgrätz. These letters belong to a rather rich and lengthy exchange—which would end at the beginning of 1788—composed of at least sixteen pieces. As with the rest of the correspondence between them, the letters published...

Nous nous proposons ici de publier ces deux pièces. un projet de lettre ostensible consacrée aux physiocrates et à Colbert. Rédigé à la fin du mois de juin 1777, ce document accompagnait initialement une lettre adressée à Jean-Baptiste Suard, aujourd’hui conservée dans la ville natale de Condorcet, Ribemont, en Picardie. La lettre ostensible de Con...

This article reproduces an unpublished letter from James Mill to Jean-Baptiste Say, dated June 6, 1821. The letter, which lays stress on the dissemination of their works and on some features of their family relation, gives new insights into an epistolary relationship about which we still have little information.

This article transcripts and comments a hitherto unpublished letter by David Ricardo, dated 19 January 1823 and addressed to Grenfell. In this letter Ricardo opposes the adoption of a double standard of money, two years after the return to convertibility of banknotes and in the midst of an economic recession that pressed for drastic monetary change...

Congrès D'Alembert, i Lumi, l'Europa (D'Alembert, les Lumières, l'Europe) - 25-29 Settembre 2006 Levico Terme, Trento, Italy

Introduction: Editing Economists, what Content and what Form? Like any other scientific editor, the economist who intends to spread the writings of his predecessors is faced with constant problems, beyond the question of who he will publish: what he should publish and how he should publish it. In the field of our discipline, the difficulties raised...

Like any other scientific editor, the economist who intends to spread the writings of his predecessors is faced with constant problems, beyond the question of who he will publish: what he should publish and how he should publish it. In the field of our discipline, the difficulties raised by these questions are not radically different from those whi...

Condorcet’s unpublished “Note” about DiderotLittle scholarly attention has been paid to the relationship between Condorcet and Diderot, about which little is known. We do know that they were in contact for only about ten years from the mid 1760s to the mid 1770s, but never developed a true friendship. In addition, they refer to each other only rare...

Little scholarly attention has been paid to the relationship between Condorcet and Diderot, about which little is known. We do know that they were in contact for only about ten years from the mid 1760s to the mid 1770s, but never developed a true friendship. In addition, they refer to each other only rarely in their works. The text published here f...

The discussion between d'Alembert and Daniel Bernoulli about the mathematical theory of smallpox was related by many historians of science. Nevertheless, these scholars used an incomplete corpus of texts, neglecting 1) the latest memoirs of the Opuscules mathématiques, 2) some manuscript letters and documents related to the incident which happened...

A Member of the Encyclopedists’ group and “Secrétaire perpétuel” of the French Academy of Sciences, Condorcet (1743-1794) was particularly interested in the subject of classification in the realm of human knowledge as well as in the realm of Nature. He did not only comment the works of his contemporaries on this subject, but also developed his own...

Fourteen unpublished letters by Sophie de Grouchy and the editors of Condorcet’s “Complete Works”This unpublished correspondence concerns mainly the publication of Condorcet’s so-called Complete Works published in the summer of 1804. The letters provide information on the people in the circle around Condorcet’s wife Sophie de Grouchy who helped in...

This unpublished correspondence concerns mainly the publication of Condorcet's so-called Complete Works published in the summer of 1804. The letters provide information on the people in the circle around Condorcet's wife Sophie de Grouchy who helped in the preparation of this edition. There are also details concerning its incomplete nature, as most...

Corrientemente designado como el «Testamento de las Luces», el Esbozo de un cuadro histórico de los progresos del espíritu humano (1793-1794) no es en realidad sino uno de los componentes de una vasta empresa intelectual, iniciada por Condorcet en los comienzos de los años 1770, y constituida por más de cincuenta manuscritos. En el seno de este con...

Even though its scope remains unprecedented, the main quality of the Nouvelle histoire de la pensée économique lies in the acuteness of most of the studies of which it is composed, which were written by some thirty leading specialists. Such a collective work has its drawbacks, especially since none of the authors - the editors excepted - seem to ha...

[fre] Les entreprises ou les hommes s'exposent a une perte, dans la vue d'un profit Au meme titre que Voltaire pour ce qui concerne la justice et les lettres et que Turgot en matiere d'economie et de politique, d'Alembert est traditionnellement considere comme le mentor de Condorcet dans les sciences et les mathematiques. Pour autant, l'influence d...