Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew 1761
Channel: Age of Enlightenment
Date: 2015-12-07

Denis Diderot 1713-1784 was  co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. Rameau's Nephew was written in 1761 but not published during Diderot's life. Johann Goethe translated it into German in 1805 and then it was published in French in 1821.