Rameau's Nephew
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Rameau's Nephew, or the Second Satire is an imaginary philosophical conversation by Denis Diderot, probably written between 1761 and 1774.
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Jester
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A jester, also known as joker, court jester, or fool, was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch kept to entertain guests at the royal court. Jesters were also travelling performers who
Rameau's Nephew
…Foucault, in his Madness and Civilization, saw in the ridiculous figure of Rameau's nephew a kind of exemplar of a uniquely modern incarnation of the Buffoon. The narrator has made his way to his usual haunt on a rainy day, the Café de la Régence, France's chess mecca, where he enjoys watching such masters…
Woodcut of a jester by Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger, c. 1540
1404–1425, France. Two men smile at a jester's act, appearing to use a dog for a bagpipe.
Festival of the Archers. Master of Frankfurt, 1493. Two jesters are depicted in the centre of the picture.
King Lear and the Fool in the Storm by William Dyce