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Jacques the Fatalist is a provocative exploration of the problems of human existence, destiny, and free will. In the introduction to this brilliant translation, David Coward explains the philosophical basis of Diderot's fascination with fate and examines the experimental and... Read Full Overview

Jacques the Fatalist is a provocative exploration of the problems of human existence, destiny, and free will. In the introduction to this brilliant translation, David Coward explains the philosophical basis of Diderot's fascination with fate and examines the experimental and... Read Full Overview

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was among the greatest writers of the Enlightenment, and in Jacques the Fatalist he brilliantly challenged the artificialities of conventional French fiction of his age. Riding through France with his master, the servant Jacques appears to act as though... Read Full Overview

What happens on the journey? Jacques tells his master his adventures; this story in turn is constantly interrupted by other stories or by Diderot, as narrator, who comes in to tease the reader about the future course of the novel. Diderot is eager to be agreeable, so long as... Read Full Overview

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was among the greatest writers of the Enlightenment, and in Jacques the Fatalist he brilliantly challenged the artificialities of conventional French fiction of his age. Riding through France with his master, the servant Jacques appears to act as though... Read Full Overview

Jacques le fataliste

DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784). Fils d un artisan prosp re, il devient un des membres les plus en vue du mouvement de l Illustration. Apr s avoir crit deux m diocres drames sentimentaux, Le fils naturel (1757) et Le p re de famille (1758), lesquels prouvent sa foi en la viabilit... Read Full Overview

DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784). Fils d?un artisan prosp?re, il devient un des membres les plus en vue du mouvement de l?Illustration. Apr?s avoir ?crit deux m?diocres drames sentimentaux, ? Le fils naturel ? (1757) et ? Le p?re de famille ? (1758), lesquels prouvent sa foi en la... Read Full Overview

Jacques the Fatalist is a provocative exploration of the problems of human existence, destiny, and free will. In the introduction to this brilliant translation, David Coward explains the philosophical basis of Diderot's fascination with fate and examines the experimental and... Read Full Overview

Jacques, qui voyage en compagnie de son maitre, possede une personnalite plus complexe que celle d'un valet de comedie: il est bavard mais aussi quelque peu philosophe ( une espece de philosophe ) et c'est a son fatalisme qu'il doit son surnom. Pour combler l'ennui, il promet... Read Full Overview

Jacques le fataliste et son ma?tre est un dialogue philosophique (entre Jacques et son ma?tre) de Denis Diderot dont l'?criture s'?tend de 1765 jusqu'? la mort de ce dernier en 1784. L'oeuvre para?t initialement en feuilleton dans la Correspondance litt?raire de Melchior Grimm... Read Full Overview