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Technology and Enlightenment:
Exhibit on Diderot's 18th century Encyclopédie


A recently opened MIT Libraries' exhibit explores one of the most important and controversial publications of the eighteenth century, Diderot's Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers.

 

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MIT Multimedia

Full interview with Kristel Smentek

Full interview with Jeffrey S. Ravel

 

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