Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville by Denis Diderot
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"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: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppl%C3%A9ment_au_Voyage_de_Bougainville |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.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 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-06501-4 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Nov 8, 2012 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 913 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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