Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres – 9, 13, 27, 137, 142

Académie française – 9, 12, 13, 27, 131, 137, 142

Académie royale des sciences – 9, 11-14, 16, 27-43, 131, 137, 138, 144, 149, 256, 292

accusation – 17, 51, 72, 112, 292, 293

âme du monde – 10, 21, 199, 201, 202, 207-224

âme des bêtes – 140, 144, 209, 217

âme – 20, 21, 40, 70, 112, 133, 148, 159, 161, 168, 169, 184, 207-210, 212, 216-220, 222, 303

amour – 77, 160-171

amour-propre – 20, 164-166, 170

analogie – 38, 41, 42, 128, 134, 205, 208-210, 233, 272, 277

anecdote – 58, 59, 114, 176, 181, 186, 213

animaux-machines – 133, 140, 145, 268

Année littéraire (L’) – 147, 149

anthropologie – 20, 65, 170, 281-284, 294, 300-305

apologétique – 149, 214

araignée – 21, 122, 199, 202, 207-210, 212-213, 216, 218, 220-224

art – 56-60, 69, 72, 84, 101, 109, 111, 118, 255, 256, 260, 261, 264

asiatiques – 207, 208, 216, 217, 220, 221

athée, athéisme – 19, 52, 59, 112, 114-116, 132, 148, 149, 188, 211, 215-219, 292

Auteuil, société d’– 85

aveugle, aveugle-né – 10, 12, 17, 18, 80, 81, 84, 173-194

axiome – 107, 184, 212, 214

baconisme – 101, 105, 109, 110, 112

balance – 266, 267

beau – 21, 31, 33, 56, 59, 60, 83, 84, 131, 137, 146, 149, 186, 190, 191, 219, 276

bonheur – 20, 159-171, 298, 302, 303

Brahmane – 207-210, 212-215, 217-221

cabinet d’anatomie – 74

cadavre – 70

cartésianisme – 32, 106, 142, 144, 147, 148, 180, 184, 186, 201, 203, 217, 262, 271

cataracte – 12, 173, 175, 193

catastrophe – 10, 281, 285-296, 303-305

causes finales – 109

cécité – 11, 35, 80, 175, 176, 179, 182, 185

censure – 15, 46, 49, 50-52

cerveau – 30, 34, 40, 67, 78, 169, 222

chaleur – 109, 190, 208, 209, 222, 290

christianisme – 19, 20, 116, 117, 209

circulation – 9-23, 28, 30, 39, 89, 90, 91, 96, 99, 104, 113, 115, 119, 123, 128, 145, 147, 199, 223, 227, 231, 250, 281

clandestinité – 16, 29, 71

cœur – 20, 159-162, 170, 302

Comité d’instruction publique – 70-75, 85

Commission temporaire des arts – 72, 74

Connaissance – 13, 19, 33, 35, 37, 40, 41, 72, 73, 77, 102, 106, 107, 110, 111, 121, 137, 139, 181, 185, 193, 194, 258, 262, 263, 268, 270, 271, 274, 275, 277

Conte – 119, 120, 186, 208

contrat social – 240, 243-248, 252, 253

corps humain, corps animal – 34, 67-70,

78, 161, 163, 169, 183, 210, 218, 219, 267, 268

corps subtils – 133, 139, 204-206, 217, 219, 265-266

corps – 78, 82, 178, 185, 190, 205, 215, 219, 222, 256, 258, 259, 261, 262, 265, 267, 269-275

cosmogonie – 289-291, 294

couleur – 69, 78, 79, 82, 139, 145, 178-181, 183-186, 190, 210

cour galante (de Sceaux) – 147

coutume – 184, 232-236, 244, 246, 247, 249, 297

création – 15, 41, 112, 187, 204, 207, 220, 221, 287, 292, 293

Décade philosophique (revue des Idéologues) – 74,

déluge – 285, 287

démocratie – 233, 234, 245

despotisme – 58, 94, 233, 235, 285, 295-299

déterminisme – 36, 60, 61, 169, 285, 291, 294, 295

Dictionnaire (Bayle) – 16, 22, 188, 211-216, 218, 220-224,

Dictionnaire de Trévoux – 22, 132, 255-259, 265

divertissement – 182-184

droit naturel – 230, 236, 248, 252, 253

droit public – 55, 203, 229-250, 252, 253, 297, 301

droits de l’homme – 45, 51, 52, 55

éclectisme – 110

École normale – 17, 65, 70, 72, 75, 84

économie politique – 52, 243, 248, 285

éducation – 117, 118, 121, 149, 193

embaumement (des idées) – 19, 128, 146

empirisme – 200, 223, 228

Encyclopédie (Diderot et d’Alembert) – 9, 11, 12, 16, 19, 22, 49, 51, 67, 73, 82, 101, 102, 109-112, 116, 118, 123, 200, 201, 204, 212, 215-224, 236, 237, 242, 243, 255-277, 285

entendement – 17, 65, 70, 72, 75-78, 80-83, 85, 111, 121, 122, 174, 184, 185

épicurisme – 132, 148, 190, 218

épingle – 118

épistémologie – 11, 18, 21, 31-33, 35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 112, 199, 200-202, 207, 213, 218, 221-223, 257, 263, 264, 269, 275

épistolaire – 15, 98, 189

espace – 202-206, 210-215, 220-224, 270-272, 287

État – 230, 231, 235-241, 244-248, 252, 253

européen, européenne – 13, 14, 29, 79, 211

expérience – 11, 12, 30, 32, 36, 37, 69, 106, 107, 109-113, 121, 123, 167, 174-181, 185, 186, 192-194, 200, 201, 205, 206, 208, 227, 267, 268, 291, 300

expérimentation – 37, 110

faisceau – 77, 78

fanatisme – 15, 45-49, 118

feu – 145, 190, 267, 295

fiction – 106, 199-211, 214, 215, 218, 220-224

fœtus – 30, 41, 145

foi – 67, 94, 116, 148, 161, 163

force – 209, 219, 255, 256, 259, 261-263, 266-269, 273-275, 277, 289

Franc-maçon – 71, 72, 85, 91, 93

géométrie – 21, 31, 34, 40, 131, 205, 212, 260-264, 272

gouvernement – 55, 149, 230, 232-237, 240, 241, 243, 244, 247-249, 252, 253, 296-298, 302

grâce – 20, 47, 49, 163, 164-167, 170

Grand Orient – 71

gravité – 259

hasard – 40, 41, 58-61

Hottentots – 79

hypothèse – 10, 11, 14, 21, 79, 105, 106, 110, 112, 129, 147, 148, 199-201, 203-205, 223, 267, 268, 273, 282, 284, 286, 290, 292, 299

Idéologues – 70, 85

idolâtrie – 298

idole – 107, 111, 121-123

illusion – 57, 121, 122, 149, 183, 200, 206, 207

image – 10, 11, 12, 14, 18-21, 28, 38, 43, 59, 68, 77, 82, 104, 107, 117-119, 123, 160, 177-179, 185, 199, 202, 204, 207-223, 303

imagination – 54, 76, 79, 82-84, 102, 106, 109, 111, 112, 114, 147, 161, 163, 183, 213

immortalité (de l’âme) – 20, 133, 148

Index – 49, 50, 52

induction – 42, 105-107, 113

inné – 122, 174, 176, 180, 191

inquiétude – 159, 161,

Inquisition – 50, 51

irritabilité – 68, 70

Italie – 15, 45-62, 84, 140

jansénisme, janséniste – 20, 48, 162, 164-166

Japon – 207, 213, 214, 220

Journal de Trévoux – 132, 134, 138, 141

Journal des sçavans – 12-14, 134, 137, 228

langage – 19, 27, 28, 31, 32, 37, 40, 68, 77, 97, 116, 122, 130, 146, 150, 211, 212, 223, 300

latin (vers) – 127, 132-135, 140, 143, 144, 146, 150

lettre – 11, 15, 17, 18, 46-49, 53, 70, 80, 85, 94, 107, 109, 133, 136-142, 146, 150, 169, 174, 181, 182, 186, 188, 208, 281, 285, 292, 293

levier – 255, 256, 261, 264, 266, 267

libertin, libertinage – 11, 18, 19, 43, 52, 55, 62, 115, 132, 160, 161, 163, 164, 166, 176, 214, 215, 221, 227

logique – 105, 107, 108, 131, 170, 203-206, 209

loi – 10, 39-42, 59, 60, 83, 96, 145, 146, 169, 184, 201, 221, 229-250, 252, 258, 261-264, 266, 267, 269, 272-277, 285, 289, 292, 296-301

lois fondamentales – 22, 229-250

machine – 12, 34, 40, 41, 60, 61, 112, 122, 130, 255-277, 304

manuscrit, manuscrit clandestin – 9, 10, 17, 19, 53, 54, 66, 68, 70-75, 85, 89, 91-93, 95, 105, 115, 142, 144, 210, 215, 222, 282, 285, 293

matérialiste, matérialisme – 58, 71, 72, 81, 110, 112, 186, 188, 199, 208, 211, 217, 218, 222

mathématiques – 31, 32, 34, 37, 40, 42, 107, 112, 186, 193, 194, 205, 210, 255-264, 268

matière – 10, 21, 40, 41, 43, 61, 72, 122, 139, 204-206, 209, 210, 215, 217, 219, 220, 222, 264, 265, 266, 271, 273, 288-291, 304

mécanique, mechanique, méchanique – 10, 22, 52, 109, 118, 146, 204, 255-277

mécaniste – 11, 33, 199

mémoire – 69, 76, 81, 82, 84, 111, 112, 287, 296

Mercure de France – 83, 84

merveille – 11, 12, 33-35, 40, 181, 186, 190, 191, 275

métaphore – 10-12, 16, 33-36, 60, 120, 143, 184, 213, 214, 218, 222-224, 231

miroir – 190

monarchie – 230, 231, 233-238, 241, 243, 244, 298

nature – 11-13, 16, 29, 32-43, 58-61, 67, 79, 105-107, 109-112, 121, 130, 165, 177, 181, 185, 190, 191, 201, 204, 209, 218, 219, 261, 263, 265-268, 291, 295, 296, 300, 301

nerfs – 70, 77

Neuf Sœurs (loge des) – 85

newtonianisme – 149

Nouvelles de la république des lettres – 14, 166-169

observation – 11, 30, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 83, 110, 190, 200, 201, 256, 268, 288

œil, yeux – 12, 35-40, 68, 69, 77-80, 101, 119, 175, 177-180, 184, 185, 190, 192, 194, 207, 248, 286

opéra – 28, 33, 34, 36, 42, 149

optique – 106, 190, 258

passion – 9, 20, 169-171, 230, 232, 240, 301

périodique – 9, 10, 13-15, 18-21, 113-119, 123

peuple – 33, 57, 215, 220, 221, 230, 232-253, 287, 294, 296, 297, 300, 304

philosophie naturelle – 109, 128, 145, 259, 261

physiologie – 65, 66, 68, 69, 73, 85, 231

physique – 20, 21, 28, 31, 32, 35, 37, 38, 40, 107-109, 128, 130, 133, 136, 137, 140, 141, 146-150, 186, 199-206, 209, 210, 213, 222, 223, 228, 258, 262-265, 267-269, 273, 294

plagiat – 17, 68, 84, 292, 294

plaisir – 14, 20, 42, 57, 77, 81, 114, 130, 159-171, 189, 233, 302

platonisme – 102

poésie, poésie d’idées, poésie dite « scientifique » – 9, 19, 20, 28, 127-150, 210

Port-Royal – 166, 170

pouvoir – 10, 229-250, 297

prénotion – 185

probabilisme – 42

procès – 72, 183

public – 13-15, 18, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 43, 51, 70, 74, 85, 108, 132, 137, 141, 142, 147

puissance – 230, 232, 235, 239, 245, 252, 259, 261-267, 275, 277, 300, 301

puritain – 18, 104, 105

Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes – 30, 129, 130

raison – 20, 35-37, 77, 81, 83, 97, 109, 111, 112, 116, 130, 131, 133, 137, 138, 148, 159, 161, 165, 177, 180, 200, 205, 212, 219, 247-249, 297-300, 303, 304

réception – 10, 15-21, 95, 104, 113, 119, 127, 138, 143, 202-204, 217

religion – 19, 48, 112, 114-116, 128, 148, 149, 161-163, 214, 217, 283, 296-298, 300

république des lettres – 12, 15, 27

Révolution française – 84, 85, 149, 250

rhétorique – 10, 21, 33, 38, 43, 106, 109, 140, 168, 199, 202, 212, 271

Rome – 45-48, 50, 51

Royal Society – 13, 18, 104, 105, 187, 228

Saint Office – 49-52

salon – 13, 27, 54, 58, 228

sauvage – 79, 283, 284, 297, 299-304

scepticisme – 18, 32, 33, 42, 62, 115, 176, 184, 228

science – 12, 16, 22, 23, 31-33, 37, 42, 67, 83, 105, 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 121, 122, 130, 131, 137, 139, 145, 147, 181, 200, 223, 227, 255, 257-261, 263, 269-271, 273-277, 281, 282, 288

sens – 36, 70, 76-80, 111, 121, 165, 169, 174, 176-178, 180, 182, 183-185, 189, 190, 193, 219

sensation – 70, 72, 75-81, 84, 85, 112, 146, 175, 178, 179, 222

sensibilité – 57, 67, 68, 70, 81, 83, 84, 189, 190

sentiment – 81, 159, 166, 169, 179, 209, 217, 219, 302

signe – 35, 42, 76, 107, 139, 297

société – 10, 27, 55, 57, 239, 240, 246, 248, 249, 284, 295-303

soleil – 83, 121, 177-180, 183, 185, 186, 190, 290-292, 304

souveraineté – 230-233, 236-246, 249

spectacle – 11, 33, 35, 39, 40, 57, 81, 146, 175, 191, 192, 193

spectateurs – 11, 12, 34, 57, 174, 192

Spectator – 18, 113-117

spinozisme, spinoziste, spinoza, spinosa – 112, 116, 211-224

statique – 259, 262, 266, 268, 269

substance – 168, 207, 209-224, 265, 290

superstition – 11, 115, 221, 298

système – 14, 16, 28, 40, 42, 77, 89, 90, 92-94, 96-99, 109, 111, 128, 133, 139, 145, 146, 148, 149, 169, 200, 201, 204, 207, 211-213, 216, 217, 219, 224, 284, 291, 292, 294

tabula rasa – 192, 193

Tatler – 18, 102, 103, 114-116

Telliamed – 82

tendresse – 160, 162

théâtre – 12, 33, 35, 46, 48, 51, 56, 57, 83, 122

théorie – 10, 16, 17, 19, 23, 32, 33, 68, 77, 106, 119, 120, 122, 128, 133, 140, 145, 146, 190, 193, 199, 203, 209, 211-213, 215, 218, 223, 237, 255, 262, 281, 282, 285, 287-294, 303, 304

Thermidor – 74, 80

tolérance – 15, 45, 48, 49, 52

toucher – 78, 79, 173, 176, 186, 190, 207

tourbillons (cartésiens) – 28, 133, 139, 145, 146, 265

traduction – 51, 118, 129, 135, 136, 141, 142, 144, 147, 149, 257, 259, 260

transmission – 9, 13, 14, 27, 96

tristesse – 159

univers – 21, 33, 36, 39, 41, 58-60, 189, 199, 202, 203, 207, 209, 210, 218, 219, 224, 276

Vandeul (fonds Vandeul) – 17, 66, 68, 70

vertu – 72, 160-163, 165, 167, 169, 188, 230

vide – 133, 204, 205, 214, 215, 220, 227, 271

vision – 11, 36, 176, 190

volonté – 14, 39, 60, 61, 70, 109, 159, 164, 165, 230, 232-235, 242, 246-249, 252, 297, 300, 302

vraisemblable – 42, 206

vue – 11, 17, 35-37, 68, 69, 78-81, 84, 173, 175-178, 180, 182, 183, 185, 190, 193, 275

vulgarisation – 13, 14, 18, 27, 28, 113, 259