That infernal affair

Letters and diary entries by several parties document the quarrel between Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) and Denis Diderot (1713-84) that climaxed in 1757 and marks the watershed not only of relations between the two leading lights of 18th-century France, but also between sentimental and rational approaches to the world. They are well annotated and introduced but not indexed at all. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR