Salons: Salon De 1767

by Denis Diderot

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Genres: Art, Philosophy, 18th Century, France

522 pages, Paperback

Published January 5, 2010

About the author

Work on the Encyclopédie (1751-1772), supreme accomplishment of French philosopher and writer Denis Diderot, epitomized the spirit of thought of Enlightenment; he also wrote novels, plays, critical essays, and brilliant letters to a wide circle of friends and colleagues.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert contributed.

This artistic prominent persona served as best known co-founder, chief editor, and contributor.

He also contributed notably to literature with Jacques le fataliste et son maître (Jacques the Fatalist and his Master), which emulated Laurence Sterne in challenging conventions regarding structure and content, while also examining ideas about free will. Diderot also authored of the known dialogue, Le Neveu de Rameau (Rameau's Nephew), basis of many articles and sermons about consumer desire. His articles included many topics.

Diderot speculated on free will, held a completely materialistic view of the universe, and suggested that heredity determines all human behavior. He therefore warned his fellows against an overemphasis on mathematics and against the blind optimism that sees in the growth of physical knowledge an automatic social and human progress. He rejected the idea of progress. His opinion doomed the aim of progressing through technology to fail. He founded on experiment and the study of probabilities. He wrote several articles and supplements concerning gambling, mortality rates, and inoculation against smallpox. He discreetly but firmly refuted technical errors and personal positions of d'Alembert on probability.

Reviews

[lou]

just read what i have to for school

[Réminiscence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alerte BOOOOORING ⚠️⚠️ pg t’écris trop bien bb

[Solange]

Parties lues :
- Salon de 1759
- Salon de 1761
- Salon de 1763
- Salon de 1765
- Essais sur la peinture

[Hiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

j’ai fini ………
Ce qui m’énerve c’est que j’ai trouvé la fin super longue et interminable, à cause du contexte dans lequel j’ai lu le livre (pour les cours) alors que j’adore Diderot et sa pensée. admirative sur lequel fait qu’il n’ait aucune retenue dans ses propos et qu’il n’hésite pas à rentrer dans les peintres si ce qu’il voit ne lui plaît pas. Le fait qu’il soit honnête, sans manière, c’est ce qui me plaît.