La sociabilité culturelle des Jésuites autrichiens avant et après la dissolution de 1773: académies, loges maçonniques et le discours sur la liberté de l'homme

The intellectual sociability of Jesuits was not different from those forms developing in salons and scientific academies. Its dialectical approach opposed the social idea of politesse promoted in those new venues. In Austria the intellectual sociability for the Jesuits was central to the pursuit of knowledge and to participate in the reforms of Maria Theresa