Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville by Denis Diderot

"Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville" by Denis Diderot is a philosophical tale written in 1772. Through a dialogue between two characters discussing Bougainville's recently published voyage account, Diderot presents a fictional supplement that challenges European moral assumptions. The work features a Tahitian elder's powerful farewell speech condemning European colonizers and a provocative conversation between a chaplain and his indigenous host about conflicting moral codes. This philosophical meditation questions whether universal moral principles exist or if morality is culturally constructed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
Title Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppl%C3%A9ment_au_voyage_de_Bougainville fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppl%C3%A9ment_au_Voyage_de_Bougainville
Contents Jugement du Voyage de Bougainville -- Les adieux du vieillard -- L'entretien de l'Aumonier et d'Orou -- Suite du dialogue entre A. et B.
Credits Produced by Claude Decoret and Laurent de Guillou
Reading Level Reading ease score: 74.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
LoC Class HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
Subject Philosophy
Subject Sexual ethics
Subject Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811. Voyage autour du monde
Category Text
EBook-No. 6501
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Nov 8, 2012
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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