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A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe, from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 3 (of 3), Modern criticism

Note 238 — Chapter IV · DIDEROT AND THE FRENCH TRANSITION.

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Besides his better known works, such as those on Plato and Descartes, and on the grandes dames of the seventeenth century, which touch the subject on different sides, his Fragments Littéraires (Paris, 1843) may be consulted. I fear that his summary dismissal may surprise some and enrage others: but I cannot help it. I have nothing to do with his psychology, and he has next to nothing to do with my criticism.

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