{"id":22197,"date":"2016-05-31T10:49:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=22197"},"modified":"2016-06-02T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T14:06:19","slug":"diderot-had-the-right-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/05\/diderot-had-the-right-idea.html","title":{"rendered":"Diderot Had the Right Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-recto-365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/05\/diderot-had-the-right-idea.html\/mots-diderot-recto-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-recto-365.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"365,545\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Les Mots Diderot&amp;#8217; (image \u00a9  Cold Turkey Press, 2016)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-recto-365-201x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-recto-365.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-recto-365.jpg\" alt title=\"&#039;Les Mots Diderot&#039; (Photo illustration \u00a9 Cold Turkey Press, 2016)\" width=\"365\" height=\"545\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-recto-365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-recto-365-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Les-Mots-Diderot-verso-large.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/05\/diderot-had-the-right-idea.html\/mots-diderot-verso-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-verso-365.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"365,545\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Les Mots Diderot&amp;#8217; \u00a9 Jan Herman [Cold Turkey Press, 2016]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-verso-365-201x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-verso-365.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-verso-365.jpg\" alt title=\"&#039;Les Mots Diderot&#039; \u00a9 Jan Herman [Cold Turkey Press, 2016] Click to enlarge.\" width=\"365\" height=\"545\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-verso-365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Mots-Diderot-verso-365-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230;neither the white silences \/ of Beckett, nor the black &#8230; \/ Grace &#038; good nature \/ like a transparent forest \/ rooted in facts, \/ thoughts <em>like crickets \/ in dry August grass<\/em>. \/ Not to climb the ladder, \/ not to cling or sneer, but \/ to be invisible. \/ Though poor and useless, a primary force.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 2 &#8212;<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/internationaltimes.it\/diderot-had-the-right-idea\/\">Crossposted at IT: International Times<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230;neither the white silences \/ of Beckett, nor the black &#8230; \/ Grace &#038; good nature \/ like a transparent forest \/ rooted in facts, \/ thoughts like crickets \/ in dry August grass. \/ Not to climb the ladder, \/ not to cling or sneer, but \/ to be invisible. \/ Though poor and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,18,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art","8":"category-literature","9":"category-political-culture","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/didero-recto365.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-5M1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22212,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22197\/revisions\/22212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}