Letter to d'Alembert on the Theatre

Main Ideas

• Critique of theater and spectacles as morally degrading to society.
• Arguments against public entertainments that distract people from civic duties.
• The idea that theater promotes the spread of vice and immoral behavior.
• Advocacy for simplicity and naturalness in life, contrasting them with the artificiality of theater.
• Proposal to replace theatrical performances with more beneficial and morally uplifting activities.