Rameau’s Nephew and First Satire
by:
Denis Diderot (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192805911 (0192805916)
Publish date: November 1st 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 139
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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