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Rameau's Nephew

Rameau's Nephew

Diderot, Denis
Johnston, Ian

Paperback

Series: Eris Dialogues

PhilosophyLetters & Essays

ISBN10: 1912475308
ISBN13: 9781912475308
Publisher: Eris
Published: Sep 30 2020
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.70 Width: 4.20 Depth: 7.70
Language: English

Rameau's Nephew is a fictional conversation written by Denis Diderot, one of the key figures of the French Enlightenment. Composed over many years and exploding onto the French literary scene when it was first released, in form and content it is unique in French literature.

In a famous Parisian chess café, a down-and-out (HIM) accosts a former acquaintance (ME) who has more or less made good. They trade stories and satirise the society in which they move, one of extreme inequality, corruption, and envy, where mediocrity is allowed to flourish. They gossip about the circle of hangers-on in which the down-and-out abides and discuss the nature of genius, good and evil, chess, music, and art. And towards half past five, when the warning bell of the Opera sounds, they part, going their separate ways.

The book fascinated Goethe, Hegel, Engels, and Freud in turn, achieving a literary-philosophical status that no other work by Diderot shares. This edition offers a brand new translation of Diderot's famous dialogue.

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