Roman de soi et histoire de soi. La...

Roman de soi et histoire de soi. La notion de sujet dans la Correspondance de Denis Diderot. Genevieve Cammagre. Paris: Honore Champion, collection "Le dix-huitiemes siecles" 48 2000 246 pp Euro3810

Diderot's correspondence is examined from an autobiographic standpoint. The importance of the family and the influence of the father in Diderot's life are used to explain not solely the development of his personality on the other hand also his attitude towards his friends or human kind--this, in terminuss of a moral obligation. The disentanglement of ...