Diderot and the Body - Legenda Author:Angelica Goodden Diderot's lifelong preoccupation with the body is expressed in every aspect of his work--philosophical, ethical, emotional, psychological, aesthetic and literary. Even when discussing bodies at the highest level of abstraction, he still focuses on them as material entities above all; this concern with tangible realities gives his writing its ce... more »lebrated concreteness and human appeal. In her original and illuminating study, Goodden deals with Diderot's views on the body-mind relationship, anatomical matters, ethical extensions of the body, the expressive, the sensual and the sexual body, drawing evidence from his scientific and philosophical writings, fiction, art criticism, dramatic works and correspondence.« less