This essay builds on recent scholarship on Linnaeus to revise our understanding of how and why he became influential in France in the 1790s. It looks in particular at the nontaxonomic writings of Linnaeus (such as the Amoenitates Academicae) and the young men associated with two voluntary societies that emerged in Paris early in the Revolutionary decade—the Société d’Histoire Naturelle and the Société Philomatique—drawing on their minutes as well as the correspondence and other writings of their members. The essay focuses on Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847), who was an active member of both societies, and the younger men he mentored, including Ernest Coquebert de Montbret (1780–1801) and Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841). It concludes that to be Linnaean in Revolutionary France was not simply to embrace Linnaean taxonomy and nomenclature; rather, it was to practice natural history as a form of citizenship validated by patriotic arguments for its utility to the nation that were based on Linnaeus’s theory of natural and political economy grounded in the land.

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在法国大革命时期成为林奈人意味着什么

这篇文章建立在最近关于林奈的奖学金的基础上，以修正我们对他如何以及为什么在 1790 年代在法国产生影响的理解。它特别着眼于 Linnaeus 的非分类学著作（如 Amoenitates Academicae）以及与革命十年早期在巴黎出现的两个志愿社团——Société d'Histoire Naturelle 和 Société Philomatique——相关的年轻人会议记录以及其成员的信件和其他著作。这篇文章的重点是 Alexandre Brongniart（1770-1847 年），他是两个协会的活跃成员，以及他指导的年轻人，包括 Ernest Coquebert de Montbret（1780-1801 年）和 Augustin Pyramus de Candolle（1778-1841 年）。它得出的结论是，在法国大革命时期成为林奈人不仅仅是接受林奈人的分类学和命名法；