Format:
XIV, 266 S.
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23 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
9781107649606
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9780521769563
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0521769566
Content:
"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"--
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe New essays on Diderot Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011 ISBN 9780521769563
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521769566
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe New essays on Diderot Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780511975202
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe New essays on Diderot Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 128311240X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139075466
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781283112406
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139080019
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Diderot, Denis 1713-1784
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