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Denis Diderot Bibliography

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Primary Sources

  • Alembert, Jean Le Rond D’, and Denis Diderot. Encyclopédie Ou Dictionnaire Raisonné Des Sciences, Des Arts et Des Métiers … Chez Briasson, Etc, 1751.
  • Diderot, Denis, and Beatrix Lucia Tollemache. Diderots̓ Thoughts on Art and Style : With Some of His Shorter Essays. Rivingtons, 1904.
  • Diderot, Denis, and F. C. Green. Diderot’s Writings on the Theatre. The University Press, 1936.
  • Diderot, Denis, and Francis Birrell. Memoirs of a Nun (La Religieuse). Elek Books, 1959.
  • Diderot, Denis, and Geoffrey. Bremner. Selected Writings on Art and Literature. Penguin Books, 1994
  • Diderot, Denis, and Geoffrey. Bremner. Selected Writings on Art and Literature. Penguin Books, 1994.
  • Diderot, Denis, and John Goodman. Diderot on Art. Yale University Press, 1995.
  • Diderot, Denis, and John Lough. Selected Philosophical Writings. University Press, 1953.
  • Diderot, Denis, and Lester G. Crocker. Selected Writings. Macmillan, 1966.
  • Diderot, Denis, and Margaret Jourdain. Diderot’s Early Philosophical Works. The Open Court Publishing Company, 1916.
  • Diderot, Denis, and P. N. Furbank. This Is Not a Story and Other Stories. University of Missouri Press, 1991.
  • Diderot, Denis, and Robert Niklaus. Pensées Philosophiques. E. Droz, 1950.
  • Diderot, Denis, and Russell. Goulbourne. The Nun. Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • Diderot, Denis, and Sophie Volland. Diderot’s Letters to Sophie Volland: A Selection. Oxford University Press, 1972.
  • Diderot, Denis, and William Archer. The Paradox of Acting. Hill and Wang, 1957.
  • Diderot, Denis, Denis Diderot, et al. Rameau’s Nephew = Le Neveu de Rameau : A Multi-Media Bilingual Edition. Open Book Publishers, 2016.
  • Diderot, Denis, Jacques Barzun, et al. Rameau’s Nephew and Other Works. Hackett Pub., 2001.
  • Diderot, Denis, Jean Le Alembert, et al. Encyclopedia; Selections [of] Diderot, D’Alembert, and a Society of Men of Letters. Bobbs-Merrill, 1965.
  • Diderot, Denis, John Hope. Mason, et al. Political Writings. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
  • Diderot, Denis, Jonathan Kemp, et al. Diderot, Interpreter of Nature; Selected Writings. International Publishers, 1963.
  • Diderot, Denis, Leonard. Tancock, et al. Rameau’s Nephew, and D’Alembert’s Dream. Penguin Books, 1966.
  • Diderot, Denis, Margaret. Mauldon, et al. Rameau’s Nephew ; and, First Satire. Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • Diderot, Denis. Contes. University of London Press, 1963.
  • Diderot, Denis. Jacques the Fatalist and His Master. New York University Press, 1959.
  • Diderot, Denis. Rameau’s Nephew, and Other Works. Doubleday, 1956.
  • Diderot, Denis. The Indiscreet Jewels Diderot, Denis. True Sign Publishing House, 2024.
  • Diderot, Denis. The Nun. Penguin Books, 1974.
  • Diderot, Denis. Thoughts on Religion. J. Watson, 1841.
  • Puisieux, and Denis Diderot. [Collected Works]. 1755.

Secondary Sources

  • Wolfe, Charles T. (2007). “Determinism/Spinozism in the Radical Enlightenment: the cases of Anthony Collins and Denis Diderot”. International Review of Eighteenth-Century Studies 1 (1):37-51.
    • Wolfe compares two radical thinkers (Collins and Diderot) and how their thoughts were informed by, or aligned with, Spinoza’s thoughts on determinism, materialism, freewill, etc. and how this placed Diderot (and Collins) in the period of the Enlightenment.
  • Wolfe, Charles T.; Shank, J.B., “Denis Diderot”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2025 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2025/entries/diderot/>.
    • An in-depth look at Diderot’s biographical details and development as a philosopher. Wolfe’s expertise in the modern period of philosophy, and ability to read Diderot in the original French, gives him a unique perspective and the tools needed to use Diderot’s life circumstances to contextualize his thinking.
  • Tunstall, Kate E., et al. Blindness and Enlightenment : An Essay. Continuum, 2011, http://covers.nbnbooks.com/L/14/411/1441158030.jpg.
    • Tunstall offers a new/updated translation of Diderot’s famous essay on blindness. In Blindness and Enlightenment: An Essay, she finds a way to show how Diderot fit into the modern period, his role in the Enlightenment, and how he both was affected by his contemporaries but also affected philosophy moving forward. 
  • Hoefer, Carl, “Causal Determinism”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2024 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2024/entries/determinism-causal/>.
  • Stoljar, Daniel, “Physicalism”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2024 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2024/entries/physicalism/>.
  • Wolfe, Charles. “Diderot’s Vital Materialism.” Ambix vol. 71,3 (2024): 342-359. doi:10.1080/00026980.2024.2379961
  • Vintiadis, Elly. “Emergence.” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, iep.utm.edu/emergence/. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
  • Spinoza, Baruch. “The Ethics.” The Project Gutenberg E-Text of The Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza, 2009, www.gutenberg.org/files/3800/3800-h/3800-h.htm.
  • Nadler, Steven, “Baruch Spinoza”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2025 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2025/entries/spinoza/>.