| Cabanis: Enlightenment and Medical Philosophy in the French Revolution Subjects: Cabanis Pierre Jean Georges 1757-1808; Physicians -- France -- Biography; Medicine -- France -- History -- 18th century; Philosophy French -- 18th century; Enlightenment; France -- History -- Revolution 1789-1799; A physician and spokesman for the French Ideologues, Pierre-JeanGeorges Cabanis (1757-1808) stands at the crossroads of several influential developments in modern culture--Enlightenment optimism about human perfectibility, the clinical method in medicine, and the formation and adaptation of liberal social ideals in the French Revolution. This first major study of Cabanis in English traces the influences of these developments on his thought and career. |