"Jacques le Fataliste" by Denis Diderot. I found that this book illustrates perfectly well the underlying way that I, as a materialist and scientific man, perc

"Jacques le Fataliste" by Denis Diderot. I found that this book illustrates perfectly well the underlying way that I, as a materialist and scientific man, perceive the world around me. It also illustrates the contradiction and idiosyncrasies of this way of thinking.