Rameau's Nephew and D'Alembert's Dream
by:
Denis Diderot (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101491010 (1101491019)
Publish date: October 28th 1976
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
Philosophy,
France,
French Literature,
Short Stories,
18th Century
Devil take me if I really know what I am. As a rule my mind is as true as a sphere and my character as honest as the day: never false if I have the slightest interest in being true, never true if I have the slightest interest in being false. I say things as they come to me; if sensible, all to the...
Rameau's Nephew is wonderful. It's witty and funny, and except for a few incidental details, feels like a contemporary conversation. I was less enamored of D'Alembert's Dream, but it could be interesting from a history of science point of view. Still, I'm impressed by Diderot's range. What really co...
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