Jacques le fataliste et son maître
Ontology
Free will and determinism
Fate and fatalism
French fiction
Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
Critique et interprétation
Fiction, general
Fiction
"Jacques the Fatalist is Diderot's answer to the problem of existence. If human beings are determined by their genes and their environment, how can they claim to be free to want or do anything? Where are Jacques and his Master going? Are they simply occupying space, living mechanically until they di…
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