Ossa-Richardson, Anthony;
De Missy, César;
(2022)
A Discourse on the Use of Ridicule in Religious Disputes.
Erudition and the Republic of Letters
, 7
(2)
pp. 137-195.
10.1163/24055069-07020001.
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Abstract
This article is a diplomatic edition and translation of a 1741 French manuscript essay by the Huguenot scholar César de Missy. The essay addresses a topic of considerable importance in the eighteenth century, namely, the moral validity of using ridicule or satire when disputing on religious questions; De Missy, himself of a rather satirical disposition, argues that such use is morally justified not because it serves truth but because it serves charity. I also provide a short introduction laying out the intellectual context for this argument.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Discourse on the Use of Ridicule in Religious Disputes |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1163/24055069-07020001 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1163/24055069-07020001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license |
| Keywords: | Satire; religion; raillery; Earl of Shaftesbury |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of English Lang and Literature UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10150397 |
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