Deni DIDRO [1713-1784] - francuzskij enciklopedist, belletrist, dramaturg, prosvetitel' i filosof. V romane "Monahinya" razvertyvaetsya tragicheskaya istoriya Syuzanny Simonen, nasil'no otdannoj v monastyr'. Razoblachenie instituta monashestva pererastaet v osuzhdenie vsyakogo nasiliya nad pravami cheloveka: "Dat' obet bednosti — znachit obyazat'sya klyatvoj byt' lentyaem i vorom; dat' obet celomu...