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1、’RAMEAU’SNEPHEWFIRSTSATIREDD(–)wasbornatLangresinChampagne,thesonofamastercutlerwhowantedhimtofollowacareerintheChurch.HeattendedthebestParisschools,tookadegreeintheologyinbutturnedawayfromreligionandtriedhishandbrieflyatlawbeforedecidin

2、gtomakehiswayasatranslatorandwriter.In,hewasinvitedtoprovideaFrenchversionofEphraimChambers’sCyclopaedia().TheprojectbecametheEncyclopaedia(Encyclopédie,–),intendedtobeacompendiumofhumanknowledgeinallfieldsbutalsotheembodimentofthenew‘philosophic’spiritofintellectuale

3、nquiry.Aseditor-in-chief,DiderotbecametheimpresariooftheFrenchEnlighten-ment.Butideasweredangerous,andinDiderotwasimprisonedforfourmonthsforpublishingopinionsjudgedcontrarytoreligionandthepublicgood.Hebecameastarofthesalons,wherehewasknownasabrilliantconversationalist.Heinvent

4、edartcriticism,anddevisedanewformoftheatrewhichwoulddeterminetheshapeofEuropeandrama.ButinprivatehepursuedideasofstartlingorginalityintextslikeSup-plementtoBougainville’sVoyage(SupplémentauVoyagedeBougainville)andD’Alembert’sDream(LeRêveded’Alembert),whichforthemostpartwerenotpubl

5、isheduntilafterhisdeath.HeanticipatedDNA,Darwin,andmoderngenetics,butalsodiscussedthehumanandethicalimplica-tionsofbiologicalmaterialisminfictions––TheNun(LaReligieuse),Rameau’sNephew(LeNeveudeRameau),andJacquestheFatalist(Jacqueslefataliste)––whichseemmoreathomeinourcenturythaninh

6、is.Hislife,spentamongbooks,wasuneventfulandherarelystrayedfarfromParis.In,though,hetravelledtoStPetersburgtomeethispatron,CatherineII.Buthishopesofpersuadinghertoimplementhis‘philo-sophic’ideasfailed,andinhereturnedtoPariswherehecontinuedtalkingandwritinguntilhisdeathin

7、.MMhasworkedasatranslatorsince.ForOxfordWorld’sClassicsshehastranslatedZola’sL’Assommoir,Stendhal’sTheCharterhouseofParma,Maupassant’sBel-Ami,Constant’sAdolphe,Huysmans’sAgainstNature(winneroftheScottMoncrieffprizefortranslation,),andFlaubert’sMadameBovary.N

8、CisDirectoroftheVoltaire