Diderot, Denis 1713-1784

A Diderot pictorial encyclopedia of trades and industry; manufacturing and the technical arts in plates, selected from L'Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des métiers, of Denis Diderot by Denis Diderot ( Book )
242 editions published between 1750 and 2009 in 10 languages and held by 2,069 libraries worldwide
This website allows users to search or browse translated versions of many of the articles from the original Encyclopédie. Published from 1751-1777 the original Encyclopédie contains more than 70,000 articles on a wide range of subjects and is considered to be the major achievement of the French Enlightenment. New translations are included as they become available.

Le neveu de Rameau by Denis Diderot ( Book )
625 editions published between 1761 and 2010 in 19 languages and held by 1,777 libraries worldwide
Conte satirique sous forme de dialogue entre un personnage cynique, impulsif et féroce, Jean-François Rameau, neveu du compositeur, et Diderot, philosophe calme et serein, partagé entre la colère et l'admiration. Texte intégral avec dossier.

Jacques the fatalist and his master by Denis Diderot ( Book )
559 editions published between 1792 and 2008 in 18 languages and held by 1,645 libraries worldwide
"Jacques the Fatalist is Diderot's answer to the problem of existence. If human beings are determined by their genes and their environment, how can they claim to be free to want or do anything? Where are Jacques and his Master going? Are they simply occupying space, living mechanically until they die, believing erroneously that they are in charge of their Destiny? Diderot intervenes to cheat our expectations of what fiction should be and do, and behaves like a provocative, ironic, and unfailingly entertaining master of revels which finally show why Fate is not to be equated with doom." "In the introduction to this new translation, David Coward explains the philosophical basis of Diderot's fascination with Fate and shows why Jacques the Fatalist pioneers techniques of action which, two centuries on, novelists still regard as experimental."--BOOK JACKET.

La religieuse by Denis Diderot ( Book )
531 editions published between 1796 and 2010 in 17 languages and held by 1,443 libraries worldwide
"This novel takes the life of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent as its subject matter and provides an insight into the effects of forced vocations"--Provided by publisher.

Paradoxe sur le comédien by Denis Diderot ( Book )
199 editions published between 1830 and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 1,029 libraries worldwide
Thèse de l'auteur: l'acteur doit mimer les émotions et ne pas s'identifier à son rôle. Un classique.

Oeuvres romanesques by Denis Diderot ( Book )
72 editions published between 1951 and 1984 in 3 languages and held by 964 libraries worldwide
Analyse : Roman philosophique.

Œuvres philosophiques by Denis Diderot ( Book )
76 editions published between 1772 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 828 libraries worldwide
Pensées philosophiques. Diderot. Denis4070.

Selected writings by Denis Diderot ( Book )
8 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 757 libraries worldwide
Twenty-six selections covering the whole range of human concern, from metaphysics to sex.

French thought in the eighteenth century : Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot ( Book )
9 editions published between 1953 and 1971 in English and held by 682 libraries worldwide

Œuvres by Denis Diderot ( Book )
7 editions published between 1951 and 2000 in French and Portuguese and held by 663 libraries worldwide