جاك القدري وصديقه، هي رواية للروائي دنيس ديدرو، كتبها في الفترة من 1764-1780. صدرت الطبعة الفرنسية الأولى من الرواية عام 1796، لكنها عرفت في ألمانيا في وقت أكبر من ذلك، بفضل ترجمة غوته الجزئية التي ظهرت عام 1785 ومن ثم أعيدت ترجمتها إلى الفرنسية عام 1793، وأستكمل مايليوس ترجمتها إلى الألمانية عام …
In 1758 Diderot's friend the Marquis de Croismare became interested in the cause célèbre of a nun who was appealing to be allowed to leave a Paris convent. Less than a year later, in an affectionate attempt to trick his friend, Diderot created this masterpiece - a fictitious set of desperate and pleading letters to …
One of the key figures of the French Enlightenment, Denis Diderot was a passionate critic of conventional morality, society and religion. Among his greatest and most well-known works, these two dialogues are dazzling examples of his radical scientific and philosophical beliefs. In Rameau's Nephew, the eccentric and …
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville, ou dialogue entre A et B sur l'inconvénient d'attacher des idées morales à certaines actions physiques qui n'en comportent pas. is a set of philosophical dialogues written by Denis Diderot, inspired by Louis Antoine de Bougainville's Voyage autour du monde. It was first published …
The Indiscreet Jewels is the first novel by Denis Diderot, published anonymously in 1748. It is an allegory that portrays Louis XV as the sultan Mangogul of the Congo who owns a magic ring that makes women's genitals talk. A comparable trope that Diderot must have known is found in the ribald fabliau Le Chevalier Qui …