Diderot's counterpoints: The dynamics of contrariety in his major works

by Walter E. Rex

The exhilarating brilliance of Diderot's ideas combined with the intractable difficulties we encounters in his writings place him among the most challenging and controversial of the philosophes. This book puts forward a clearer understanding of Diderot's perplexities by taking into account the dynamics of his thought processes, especially the mode, peculiar to him, of thinking via contrarieties. Uniquely among the philosophes, Diderot has the irregular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0729406202
• ISBN13: 9780729406208
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"