{"product_id":"the-significance-of-diderots-essai-gordon-b-walters-9780807891124","title":"The Significance of Diderot's Essai Sur Le M駻ite Et La Vertu","description":"Walters provides commentary on Diderot's translation of Shaftesbury's \u003ci\u003eAn Inquiry Concerning Virtue or Merit\u003c\/i\u003e. By comparing the translation and notes, he demonstrates the evolution of Diderot's thought and artistic skill, discusses the difference between theism and deism, the question of universal order, and compares atheism with free thought. After an analysis of religious fanaticism and social and political abuses, he turns his attention to virtue, as it relates to happiness, objective values, the moral sense, the passions, and self-interest. A final chapter deals with the style of the \u003ci\u003eEssai\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon B. Walters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807891126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807891124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unc Department of Romance Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Gordon B. Walters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860109455615,"sku":"9780807891124","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d710819c-ca58-4e80-9061-51677c2654de.jpg?v=1709135419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-significance-of-diderots-essai-gordon-b-walters-9780807891124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}