Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 196 mm
Reihe: Oxford World's Classics
Translation by Margaret Mauldon
Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 196 mm
Reihe: Oxford World's Classics
ISBN: 978-0-19-280591-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press
'unless you know everything, you really know nothing'
Diderot's brilliant and witty dialogue begins with a chance encounter in a Paris café between two acquaintances. Their talk ranges broadly across art, music, education, and the contemporary scene, as the nephew of composer Rameau, amoral and bohemian, alternately shocks and amuses the moral, bourgeois figure of his interlocutor. Exuberant and highly entertaining, the dialogue exposes the corruption of society in Diderot's characteristic philosophical exploration.
The debates of the French Enlightenment speak to us vividly in this sparkling new translation, which also includes the First Satire, a related work that provides the context for Rameau's Nephew, Diderot's 'second satire'.
In Diderot's brilliant and witty dialogue two acquaintances discuss art, music, education and society. A key work of the French Enlightenment, in this sparkling new translation it is paired with Diderot's First Satire, providing context for Rameau's Nephew, the 'second satire'.
