Rameau's Nephew and D'Alembert's Dream (Penguin Classics)
Denis Diderot’s Rameau’s Nephew and D’Alembert’s Dream presents two lively, challenging dialogues from the Enlightenment. Through conversation, irony, and speculation, Diderot considers morality, art, society, reason, and human nature, offering readers an engaging introduction to the intellectual energy and literary inventiveness of eighteenth-century philosophy.
About This Book
This volume brings together Denis Diderot’s Rameau’s Nephew and D’Alembert’s Dream, two important works of Enlightenment literature.
Presented in dialogue form, the texts examine ideas about morality, art, society, reason, and human nature.
Diderot combines philosophical inquiry with lively conversation, irony, and imaginative speculation.
As part of the Penguin Classics series, this edition introduces readers to a distinctive and influential voice of eighteenth-century thought.
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