Letter on the Deaf and Dumb
Letter on the Deaf and Dumb, for the Use of those who hear and speak (French: Lettre sur les sourds et muets a l'usage de ceux qui entendent et qui parlent) is a work by Denis Diderot containing a psychological investigation on the deaf-mute. It was published in 1751. It was meant to be a companion volume to Diderot's Letter on the Blind.
Content
The book consists of an enquiry into the method of communication used by deaf-mutes, and seeks to shed light on the origin of language by observing the gestures, and response to gestures, of deaf-mutes.[1][2]
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Denis Diderot
- Philosophical Thoughts
- The Skeptic's Walk
- The Indiscreet Jewels
- Letter on the Blind
- Letter on the Deaf and Dumb
- On the interpretation of Nature
- Le Fils naturel
- Le Père de famille
- Conversation with the Marèchale de ***
- Sur les femmes
- Refutation of Helvetius
- La Religieuse
- Rameau's Nephew
- D'Alembert's Dream
- Jacques the Fatalist
- Madame de La Carlière
- Paradox of the Actor
- Supplément au voyage de Bougainville
- This is not a story
- Essay on the Life of Seneca
- Mystification