L'Analogie et le probable by Maurseth, A

“…L’analogie rêvée: <em>Le Rêve de D’Alembert</em><br/> 5. Une esthétique du probable? …”

Sublime disorder by Curran, A

“…<br/><br/> Acknowledgements<br/> Abbreviations<br/> Introduction<br/> 1 From Providence to chance: the emergence of monstrosity in Diderot’s universe<br/> 2 Diderot’s revisionism: blindness and Enlightenment in the <em>Lettre sur les aveugles</em><br/> 3 Monsters and the self in <em>Le Rêve de d’Alembert</em><br/> 4 Ethical monstrosity and the Enlightenment’s <em>rejeton</em> Jean-François Rameau<br/> Conclusion<br/> Bibliography<br/> Index<br/>…”

Metafore del meccanico nel pensiero di Diderot. Arti e tecniche by Paolo Quintili

“…Diderot does not cease to be mechanistic still in his last vitalistic works, from Le Rêve de D’Alembert, to the Éléments de Physiologie. The new world of handicraft and artisans remains the key reference point in the philosophical work of the encyclopaedist-naturalist: weaving loom socks and sensible harpsichord are the two tools / metaphors that describe the man and his rational and specific nature.…”
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Metafore del meccanico nel pensiero di Diderot. Arti e tecniche by Paolo Quintili

“…Diderot does not cease to be mechanistic still in his last vitalistic works, from Le Rêve de D’Alembert, to the Éléments de Physiologie. The new world of handicraft and artisans remains the key reference point in the philosophical work of the encyclopaedist-naturalist: weaving loom socks and sensible harpsichord are the two tools / metaphors that describe the man and his rational and specific nature.…”
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Diderot's counterpoints by Rex, W

“…<br/><br/> List of illustrations<br/> Acknowledgements<br/> Preface<br/> Introduction: he dynamics of Classical contrarieties<br/> I Contrariety in the <em>Supplément de voyage de Bougainville</em><br/> II Evolving experiments in the <em>Lettres sur les sourds et muets</em><br/> III The dubious fictions of the <em>Entretiens sur le Fils naturel</em><br/> IV Stages of paradox in <em>Le Paradoxe sur le comédien</em><br/> V The landscape demythologised: from Poussin’s serpents to Fénelon’s ‘shades’ and Diderot’s ghost<br/> VI <em> Le Rêve de d’Alembert: Deus sive materia?</em><br/> VII Diderot against Greuze?…”

Editer Diderot

“…Les problèmes de l’éditeur<br/> Anne-Marie Chouillet, Le choix du texte de base<br/> Annette Lorenceau, Le lecteur de variantes<br/> Georges Dulac, Les relations de Diderot avec la Russie: transcription et identification des œuvres d’art dans les <em>Salons</em><br/> Madeleine Pinault, A propos des planches de l’<em>Encyclopédie</em><br/> Gianluigi Goggi, Hobbes dans <em> Le Rêve de d’Alembert</em><br/> Roland Desné, L’Utiliusation des dictionnaires dans le travail de l’éditeur<br/> Henri Coulet, Les éditions du <em>Neveu de Rameau</em><br/> François Laforge, Note sur l’<em>Introduction aux grands principes</em><br/> Michel Delon, Editer la correspondance<br/> Jean Varloot, Une ‘misérable affaire’ ou l’épicier, le robin et le philosophe, ou le carrosse et le tonneau<br/> 5. …”