Denis Diderot

Rameau's Nephew

Philosophical satire on music, aesthetics, and parasitic genius in society

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Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot

French philosopher and encyclopedist who co-edited the Encyclopédie, the great project of Enlightenment thought. His novels and dialogues are among the most intellectually adventurous of the 18th century. Rameau's Nephew anticipates the dialogic novel and the alienation of the modern intellectual.

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