

Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
Author: Andrew S. Curran
Narrator: Paul Boehmer
Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 07/24/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Philosophy, Movements
Synopsis
In this thematically organized biography, Andrew S. Curran vividly describes Diderot's tormented relationship with Rousseau, his curious correspondence with Voltaire, his passionate affairs, and his often iconoclastic stands on art, theater, morality, politics, and religion. But what this book brings out most brilliantly is how the writer's personal turmoil was an essential part of his genius and his ability to flout taboos, dogma, and convention.