Collection The classical authors
Denis Diderot
French philosopher and writer, 1713-1784
Works
- D'Alembert's Dream (Le rêve de d'Alembert, 1769). Published in 1830.
- Encyclopédie (Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1751-1772). Edited with d'Alembert until 1759: seventeen volumes of text and eleven of plates.
- Jacques the Fatalist and His Master (Jacques le fataliste et son maître). Appeared in installments in the Correspondance littéraire, from 1778 to 1780; in book form in 1796.
- Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See (Lettre sur les aveugles à l'usage de ceux qui voient, 1749). Earned him imprisonment at Vincennes.
- Letter on the Deaf and Dumb (Lettre sur les sourds et muets, 1751)
- The Natural Son (Le fils naturel, 1757). Drama, followed by the Conversations on The Natural Son.
- The Nun (La religieuse, 1760). Published in 1796.
- Paradox of the Actor (Paradoxe sur le comédien, c. 1773). Published in 1830.
- Philosophical Thoughts (Pensées philosophiques, 1746). Condemned to be burned by the Parlement of Paris.
- Rameau's Nephew (Le neveu de Rameau). First published in German, by Goethe, in 1805.
- Salons (1759-1781). Reviews of the painting exhibitions, for Grimm's Correspondance littéraire.
- Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage (Supplément au voyage de Bougainville, 1772). Published in 1796.
- Thoughts on the Interpretation of Nature (Pensées sur l'interprétation de la nature, 1753)