This reading made me wonder who or what is the moralizing force in the novel, or if there is one at all. Jacques and his maitre are neither religious men nor necessarily anti-religious and seem to believe instead in a mixture of fate and accident.
Is there supposed to be a moral aspect to the story at all, if not, what was diderot's objective in writing it?
Even Religious figures like monks and priests are depicted as not better and maybe worse than normal people.
At this point the novel still feels very arbitrary with no specific goal or point in mind. It seems to follow with Jacques and his maitre's general outlook on life.
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