This author of Rameau's Nephew and Jacques the Fatalist may be best known for working with Jean D'Alambert in creating a "Figurative system of human knowledge" and editing articles on philosophy, politics, and religion.
In one work, this author describes a conversation in the Café de la Regence that pits his own moralist views against the passionate opinions of a composer's relative. In another work by this author, a servant trying to tell the story of his loves is constantly interrupted, but does reveal his philosophy that all events are written already on a great scroll in the sky. This author of Rameau's Nephew and Jacques the Fatalist may be best known for working with Jean D'Alambert in creating a "Figurative system of human knowledge" and editing articles on philosophy, politics, and religion. For 10 points, name this French chief editor of The Encyclopedia.
In one work, this author describes a conversation in the Café de la Regence that pits his own moralist views against the passionate opinions of a composer's relative.
Denis Diderot