Tiphaigne de la Roche
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Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, (February 19, 1722 – August 11, 1774), was a French author.
He was born at Montebourg
, Cotentin, studied medicine at the University of Caen and became a physician
in 1744.
His novel
s, written for the most part anonymously, take place in the wake of two of the great 18th century's philosophical movements of Rationalism
and Illuminism, and often mix scientific considerations with cabalistic, magical and alchemical
ones.
He anticipated many social and scientific inventions, e.g. photography
, synthetic food, and television
.
He was born at Montebourg
Montebourg
Montebourg is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.-Heraldry:...
, Cotentin, studied medicine at the University of Caen and became a physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
in 1744.
His novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s, written for the most part anonymously, take place in the wake of two of the great 18th century's philosophical movements of Rationalism
Rationalism
In epistemology and in its modern sense, rationalism is "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification" . In more technical terms, it is a method or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive"...
and Illuminism, and often mix scientific considerations with cabalistic, magical and alchemical
Alchemy
Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners’ claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base...
ones.
He anticipated many social and scientific inventions, e.g. photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, synthetic food, and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
.
Online texts
- Gallica, online documents from the French BnF, proposing for free the quasi-full set of French publications of Tiphaigne de la Roche in PDFPortable Document FormatPortable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
format.- L'Amour dévoilé, ou le système des simpathistes, 1749.
- Amilec, ou la graine d'hommes qui sert à peupler les planètes, 3rd Ed., 1754.
- Bigarrures Philosophiques, 1759.(Part 1-Part 2)
- Giphantie, 1760. (Part 1-Part 2)
- L'Empire des Zaziris sur les humains ou la Zazirocratie, 1761.
- Histoire naturelle, civile et politique des Galligènes ou Mémoires de Duncan, 1765. (Part 1-Part 2)
- Sanfrein ou mon dernier séjour à la campagne, 1765.