The Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts)Alain de Botton cites Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's work on the Encyclopédie as an example of the 17th/18th century transition to celebrating the "glories of practical activity" such as "celebrating the particular genius and joy involved in baking bread, planting asparagus, operating a windmill, forging an anchor, printing a book and running a silver mine."
Purported to be a sober compendium of knowledge, the Encyclopédie was in truth a paean to the nobility of labour. (Chapter 4: Career Counseling)
Image: "Architecture and related subjects – Tile making." (2010). The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.373
Trans. of "Architecture et parties qui en dépendent – Tuilerie," Supplément à l'Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 1 (plates). Paris, 1765.
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