Abstract
At the eve of the French Revolution, the polygraph Louis Sebastien Mercier in a chapter of his book Tableau de Paris (1782-1788), entitled Patrie du vrai philosophe could describe the social situation of philosophers in Paris in the following terms : C’est dans les grandes villes que le Philosophe lui-meme se plait ; tout en les condamnant ; parce qu’il y cache mieux qu’ailleurs sa mediocre fortune ; parce qu’il n’a pas du moins a en rougir ; parce qu’il y vit plus libre, noye dans la foule ...
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