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Diderot and the art of thinking freely / Andrew S. Curran

This biography examines the life of Denis Diderot, focusing on his work with the Encyclopédie and his radical unpublished writings. It explores his challenges to eighteenth-century social norms and his relationships with key Enlightenment figures and Catherine the Great.

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