{"product_id":"rameaus-nephew-and-dalemberts-dream-paperback","title":"Rameaus Nephew \/ Dalemberts Dream - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDenis Diderot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeonard Tancock\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the key figures of the French Enlightenment Denis Diderot was a passionate critic of conventional morality society and religion. Among his greatest and most well-known works these two dialogues are dazzling 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. Unpublished during his lifetime both of these powerfully controversial works show Diderot to be one of the most advanced thinkers of his age and serve as fascinating testament to the philosopher's wayward genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenis Diderot was born at Langres in eastern France in 1713, the son of a master cutler. He was originally destined for the Church but rebelled and persuaded his father to allow him to complete his education in Paris, where he graduated in 1732. For ten years Diderot was nominally a law student, but actually led a precarious bohemian but studious existence, eked out with tutoring, hack-writing and translating. His original writing began in 1746 with a number of scientific works setting out the materialist philosophy which he was to hold throughout his life. Along with his editorship of the \u003cb\u003eEncyclopédie\u003c\/b\u003e (1747-73), he wrote works on mathematics, medicine, the life sciences, economics, drama and painting, two plays and a novel, as well as his \u003cb\u003eSalons\u003c\/b\u003e (1759-81). His political writings were mainly composed around 1774 for Catherine II, at whose invitation he went to St. Petersburg. Diderot's astonishingly wide range of interests, together with his growing prediliction for the dialogue form, led to the production of his most famous works: \u003cb\u003eD'Alembert's Dream\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Paradox of the Actor\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJacques the Fatalist\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRameau's Nephew\u003c\/b\u003e. During the latter part of his life Diderot received a generous pension from Catherine II, in return for which he bequeathed her his library and manuscripts. He died in 1784.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.92 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53452843122995,"sku":"9780140441734","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/KACc9wnASz9780140441734.webp?v=1781194901","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/rameaus-nephew-and-dalemberts-dream-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}