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Denis Diderot

Short biography: Denis Diderot in Great Lives

About Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a French philosopher, novelist and critic, chief editor of the Encyclopédie, one of the central works of the Enlightenment.

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Rameau's Nephew

Denis Diderot

c. 1761-1774 (published 1805) · 18th Century · Satire

Rameau's Nephew is a prose dialogue that Denis Diderot wrote and revised privately from about 1761 into the 1770s and never published. It records an afternoon conversation in Paris between two speakers identified only as Me (Moi) and Him (Lui).

Satire Folly Virtue Ethics Art / Creation