Diderot: Political Writings

by Denis Diderot

Book Overview

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was one of the most significant figures of the French enlightenment. His political writings cover the period from the first volume of the Encyclopedie (1751), of which he was principal editor, to the third edition of Raynal's Histoire des Deux Indes (1780), one of the most widely read books of the pre-revolutionary period. This volume contains the most important of Diderot's articles for the Encyclopedie, a substantial number...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521360447
• ISBN13: 9780521360449
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.7"