An essay by this author discusses La Clairon, who made Voltaire shout "Did I write that?," and posits that the title figure does not experience emotion of his or her characters.
An essay by this author discusses La Clairon, who made Voltaire shout "Did I write that?," and posits that the title figure does not experience emotion of his or her characters. Another work by this author opens with the narrator describing the chess players Philidor the Subtle and Legal the Profound. That "dialogue" by this author memorably concludes "He that laughs last, laughs best" and is set at the Cafe Regence, where the title character gives commentaries on the war of the (*) buffoons. This author of "Paradox of Acting" and Rameau's Nephew collaborated with Jean d'Alembert (dal-om-BARE) and the Baron d'Holbach on a 28 volume work consisting of all known human knowledge. For 10 points, name this French author who worked on the Encyclopédie.
An essay by this author discusses La Clairon, who made Voltaire shout "Did I write that?," and posits that the title figure does not experience emotion of his or her characters.
Denis Diderot