Author

Contributions

  • Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784. - Contributor

Publication

1976 - Penguin, Harmondsworth, England

Language

English

Word Count

59,250 words, Guess

Page Count

237 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC848/.5/08
  • LCCPQ1979.A66 E5 1976
  • LCCPQ1979

Description

One of the key figures of the French Enlightenment, Denis Diderot was a critic of conventional morality, society, and religion. Among his most well-known works, these two dialogues are examples of his radical scientific and philosophical beliefs. In Rameau's Nephew, the eccentric and foolish nephew of the great composer Jean-Philippe Rameau meets Diderot by chance, and the two embark on a hilarious consideration of society, music, literature, politics, morality and philosophy. Its companion-piece, D'Alembert's Dream, outlines a material, atheistic view of the universe, expressed through the fevered dreams of Diderot's friend D'Alembert.

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Series Statement

  • Penguin classics

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  • Rameau's nephew ; and, D'Alembert's dreamPenguin1976-01-01
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