04131cam a2200877 4500 545470812 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781590516720 1590516729 B07CKFL1N3 Amazon 7ddd7e4d-0141-4110-be87-fa8b9bbbe543 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 562488 562488 562488 4187548 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Curran, Andrew S. Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely [Libby]. Other Press, 2019. Christian. History of Science. monarchy. Biography. criticism. Rousseau. Enlightenment. autobiographies. Catherine the Great. philosophy. atheist. atheism. Religion. World History. Philosopher. Bible. satire. Autobiography. blasphemy. art. publishing. materialism. Church. biographies. Deism. History. Voltaire. Academy. Censorship. Encyclopedia . bohemian. Paris. great thinkers. Rameau's Nephew. iconoclast. history books. philosophy books. biographies of famous people. history gifts. history buff gifts. The Nun. jacques the fatalist. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 45MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. History. Philosophy. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>Best Book of the Year – <i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /> <br /> A spirited biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who helped build the foundations of the modern world.</b><br /> <br /> Denis Diderot is often associated with the decades-long battle to bring the world’s first comprehensive <i>Encyclopédie</i> into existence. But his most daring writing took place in the shadows. Thrown into prison for his atheism in 1749, Diderot decided to reserve his best books for posterity–for us, in fact. In the astonishing cache of unpublished writings left behind after his death, Diderot challenged virtually all of his century's accepted truths, from the sanctity of monarchy, to the racial justification of the slave trade, to the norms of human sexuality. One of Diderot’s most attentive readers during his lifetime was Catherine the Great, who not only supported him financially, but invited him to St. Petersburg to talk about the possibility of democratizing the Russian empire.<br /> <br /> In this thematically organized biography, Andrew S. Curran vividly describes Diderot’s tormented relationship with Rousseau, his curious correspondence with Voltaire, his passionate affairs, and his often iconoclastic stands on art, theater, morality, politics, and religion. But what this book brings out most brilliantly is how the writer's personal turmoil was an essential part of his genius and his ability to flout taboos, dogma, and convention. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7ddd7e4d-0141-4110-be87-fa8b9bbbe543&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7ddd7e4d-0141-4110-be87-fa8b9bbbe543&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7ddd7e4d-0141-4110-be87-fa8b9bbbe543&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)