Diderot and Classical Antiquity

Aude Lehmann (ed.), Diderot and Classical Antiquity, Paris, Classiques Garnier, ‘Rencontres’ series, no. 354, August 2018.

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Publication type: Collective work

Editor: Lehmann (Aude)
Contributors: André (Jean-Marie), Assembe Ela (Charles Philippe), Bedon (Robert), Bocage-Lefèbvre (Dominique), Calboli (Gualtiero), Felopoulou (Sophia), Gautherie (Aurélien), Gianico (Marilina), Hammann (Christine), Landolsi (Houda), Lehmann (Aude), Merckel (Cécile), Neumuller (Nadège), Pérez (Valérie), Saint Martin (Marie), Smoliarova (Tatiana), Zagdoun (Mary-Anne)

Abstract: Linking Diderot, champion of modernity, with classical antiquity is something of a paradox. Nevertheless, one cannot help but note the omnipresence of ancient authors in the work of the Langrois native, as well as his familiarity with the foundational texts of the Greco-Roman world.

Number of pages: 388
ISBN: 978-2-406-07325-3
ISSN: 2103-5636
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-07327-7
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Collection / Journal: Rencontres, no. 354
Series: Le dix-huitième siècle, no. 27
Publication date: 08/08/2018
Year of publication: 2018
Languages: French
Keywords: Antiquity, philosophy, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, painting, art, encyclopaedia, Enlightenment

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