Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during the Age of Enlightenment.
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Background
- Born in
- Langres
- Educated at
- University of ParisLycée Saint-LouisLycée Louis-le-Grand
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"The more man ascends through the past, and the more he launches into the future, the greater he will be, and all these philosophers and ministers and truth-telling men who have fallen victims to the s…"
"Impenetrable in their dissimulation, cruel in their vengeance, tenacious in their purposes, unscrupulous as to their methods, animated by profound and hidden hatred for the tyranny of man — it is as t…"
"To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature."
"Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory."
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1713
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Birth1784
Died
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