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This is not a story and other stories

Denis Diderot ; translated with an introduction by P. N. Furbank

(The world's classics)(Oxford paperbacks)

Oxford University Press, 1993

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Short stories

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Includes bibliographical reference (p. 166)

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Description

Presents Diderot's five philosophical tales, including a trilogy addressing the issues of cultural and ethical relativity, and the mechanism of prejudice in the context of sexual ethics. Two stories in this translation are in English for the first time.

Table of Contents

1: This is Not a Story. 2: On the Inconsistency of Public Opinion Regarding Our Private Actions. 3: Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage. 4: The Two Friends from Bourbonne. 5: Conversation of a Father with his Children

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