18th CenturySatire

Diderot: Rameau's Nephew

A philosopher talks in a Paris café with a brilliant, shameless musician who mocks every virtue.

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Volume
34 of the 1990 set
Author
Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
Work
Rameau's Nephew written c. 1761–1774; published 1805

Ideas: Conversation and dialogue Virtue and character Comedy and satire

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