{"product_id":"philosophical-thoughts-and-other-texts-paperback","title":"Philosophical Thoughts: And Other Texts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirk Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDenis Diderot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmediately upon publication, this book \"stirred up quite a scandal, and introduced the world to a new athlete, all the harder to beat, since he hit you from all sides at once; he seems to assume different forms, and in this respect he could say, like the devil, 'Our name is Legion'\" (Naigeon, 'Memoires'). A scandal, to be sure: the book was promptly banned, burned and its anonymous author was pursued by the authorities.The author later became a guiding mind of the Englightment with his Encyclopedia. In this, his first published book, Diderot launches a sustained attack on his twin enemies: superstition (i.e. Christianity, the Bible, miracles, and revelation) and atheism. The truth, he thought, lies with deism: God is knowable through his masterpiece, the world and all it contains. This fully revised translation includes the following texts: 'Philosophical Thoughts''Addition to the Philosophical Thoughts''Unpublished Thoughts''On the Sufficiency of Natural Religion''Ruling of the Parlement of Paris Regarding the Philosophical Thoughts, 1746'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099506020487,"sku":"9781980274759","price":14.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/97527dd8ba1e2819769cbc1f6ceb02bb.webp?v=1732374658","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/philosophical-thoughts-and-other-texts-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}