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Rameaus Nephew, or the Second Satire (French Le Neveu de Rameau ou La Satire seconde), is a thought-provoking and imaginary philosophical dialogue penned by Denis Diderot, likely between 1761 and 1772. Although initially published in German translation by Goethe in 1805, the original French manuscript has since vanished. The German version was later translated back into French by de Saur and Saint-Geniès, appearing in 1821. It wasnt until 1823 that the first published edition based on the original French manuscript was released in the Brière edition of Diderots works. Modern editions draw ...

Sur le point d'assister à un récital d'opéra, un philosophe rencontre le neveu du compositeur Rameau. Leur discussion est l'occasion d'aborder de nombreux sujets tels que l'art, l'éducation, la vertu, la morale ou la musique. Entre le philosophe moraliste et le neveu cynique semble de prime abord exister un fossé, qui, au fur et à mesure du récit, tend à se combler et à rapprocher les deux hommes.