Publisher’s Synopsis
 Diderot (1713-1784),  tireless editor of the ‘Encyclopedie’  was one of the most advanced thinkers of the age before the French Revolution.  His many literary works, are evidence of a curious an eccentric genius, and ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ is not the least remarkable of them.  In this dramatised conversation, which swings from the sublime to the ridiculous and it's constantly interrupted by the nephew’s antics,  Diderot openly challenges the moral principles of the day.  The dialogue form is retained in ‘D’Alembert’s Dream’,  in which the attack stale conventions and threshes out a strangely up-to-date view of life, sex, and morals.
Penguin Classics, 1976, reprint.  Paperback has been read. Pages yellowing.  Previous owners ‘Ex Libris’ sticker to inside front board. Binding tight and text clean. Pre-owned.  ISBN: 0140441735