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The Abbot from Langres -- Leaving God -- A philosophe in prison -- The Enlightenment bible -- The Encyclopédie hair shirt -- On virtue and vice -- On art : Diderot at the Louvre -- On the origin of species -- The sexologist -- On love -- A voyage to Russia, politics, philosophy, and Catherine the Great -- Last words : speaking to despots and American insurgents -- Walking between two eternities.;"A vivacious biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who along with Voltaire and Rousseau built the foundations of the modern world, and travelled as far as Russia to enlighten the Tsarina Catherine the Great. Denis Diderot is often associated with the decades-long battle to bring the world's first comprehensive Encyclopédie into existence. But his most compelling and personal writing took place in the shadows. Thrown into prison for his atheism in 1749, Diderot decided to reserve his most daring books for posterity--for us, in fact. In the astonishing cache of unpublished writings that he left behind after his death, Diderot dreamed of natural selection before Darwin, the Oedipus complex before Freud, and genetic manipulation centuries before Dolly the Sheep was born. Even m

Who reads Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely?

Author

Curran, Andrew S.;Diderot, Denis

Publisher

Other Press, LLC

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590516720

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Philosophy, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

4.4 / 5 (170 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14