Le Fils naturel, ou Les épreuves de la vertu est un drame bourgeois en cinq actes et en prose de Diderot écrit en 1757 et représenté pour la première fois en 1757 chez le duc d’Ayen à Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Work on the Encyclopédie (1751-1772), supreme accomplishment of French philosopher and writer Denis Diderot, epitomized the spirit of thought of Enlightenment; he also wrote novels, plays, critical essays, and brilliant letters to a wide circle of friends and colleagues.
This artistic prominent persona served as best known co-founder, chief editor, and contributor.
He also contributed notably to literature with Jacques le fataliste et son maître (Jacques the Fatalist and his Master), which emulated Laurence Sterne in challenging conventions regarding structure and content, while also examining ideas about free will. Diderot also authored of the known dialogue, Le Neveu de Rameau (Rameau's Nephew), basis of many articles and sermons about consumer desire. His articles included many topics.
Diderot speculated on free will, held a completely materialistic view of the universe, and suggested that heredity determines all human behavior. He therefore warned his fellows against an overemphasis on mathematics and against the blind optimism that sees in the growth of physical knowledge an automatic social and human progress. He rejected the idea of progress. His opinion doomed the aim of progressing through technology to fail. He founded on experiment and the study of probabilities. He wrote several articles and supplements concerning gambling, mortality rates, and inoculation against smallpox. He discreetly but firmly refuted technical errors and personal positions of d'Alembert on probability.
Je suppose que depuis l’invention du bro code moins de gens se retrouvent dans la situation de Dorval J’aurais dû lire la pièce avant de commencer à lire les entretiens, ces derniers auraient été plus clairs
A peça é meio, hm, bobinha, com as ferramentas da comédia (identidades trocadas etc.) a serviço não da graça, mas do melodrama - o que me parece ser novidade na época. A sugestão de troca de casais por conta de um amor proibido é resolvida primeiro pelo apelo à virtude e depois atropelada por revelações de identidades, com o tesão virando amor de irmão sem resto. Pois é.
Já as Entretiens sobre a peça são, de fato, impressionantes, divisoras de águas etc., aqui com a proposta do "gênero sério". Diderot falando sobre teatro (e romance e por aí vai) sempre vale a pena, e mesmo os seus enganos são importantes pra entender o que aconteceu desde então.