{"product_id":"the-significance-of-diderots-essai-sur-le-merite-et-la-vertu-9780807891124","title":"The Significance of Diderot's Essai Sur Le Mérite Et La Vertu","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jr. Walters Gordon B.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Unc Department of Romance Studies\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - French\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalters 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unc Department of Romance Studies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592391770263,"sku":"9780807891124","price":3094.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807891124.webp?v=1774977549","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-significance-of-diderots-essai-sur-le-merite-et-la-vertu-9780807891124","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}