New essays on Diderot / edited by James Fowler.
"The great eighteenth-century French thinker Denis Diderot (1713-1784) once compared himself to a weathervane, by which he meant that his mind was in constant motion. In an extraordinarily diverse career he produced novels, plays, art criticism, works of philosophy and poetics, and also reflect...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Summary: | "The great eighteenth-century French thinker Denis Diderot (1713-1784) once compared himself to a weathervane, by which he meant that his mind was in constant motion. In an extraordinarily diverse career he produced novels, plays, art criticism, works of philosophy and poetics, and also reflected on music and opera. Perhaps most famously, he ensured the publication of the Encyclopédie, which has often been credited with hastening the onset of the French Revolution. Known as one of the three greatest philosophes of the Enlightenment, Diderot rejected the Christian ideas in which he had been raised. Instead, he became an atheist and a determinist. His radical questioning of received ideas and established religion led to a brief imprisonment, and for that reason, no doubt, some of his subsequent works were written for posterity. This collection of essays celebrates the life and work of this extraordinary figure as we approach the tercentenary of his birth"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 266 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139082280 1139082280 9781139077729 1139077724 9781139080019 1139080016 9780511975202 0511975201 1139063197 9781139063197 1107217989 9781107217980 9786613112408 6613112402 1139075462 9781139075466 1139069705 9781139069700 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511975202 |