Denis Diderot

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born

October 05, 1713 in Langres, France

died

July 31, 1784

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male

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Philosophy, Literature & Fiction, Social Sciences

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Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent persona during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie.
Diderot also contributed to literature, notably with Jacques le fataliste et son maître (Jacques the Fatalist and his Master), which emulated Laurence Sterne in challenging conventions regarding novels and their structure and content, while also examining philosophical ideas about free will. Diderot is also known as the author of the dialogue, Le Neveu de Rameau (Rameau's Nephew), upon which many articles and sermons about consumer desire have been based. His articles included many topics of the...more

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Average rating: 3.70 · 2,579 ratings · 195 reviews · 205 distinct works

	Jacques the Fatalist by Denis Diderot, David Coward (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 1,027 ratings — published 1778 — 68 editions	My rating:
	The Nun by Denis Diderot, Russell Goulbourne (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 664 ratings — published 1796 — 43 editions	My rating:
	Rameau's Nephew and D'Alembert's Dream by Denis Diderot, Leonard Tancock (translator / introductions) 3.61 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1761 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Supplément au voyage de Bougainville 3.35 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1955 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Le Neveu De Rameau 3.55 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1805 — 39 editions	My rating:
	The Indiscreet Jewels by Denis Diderot, Sophie Hawkes (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1748 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Paradoxe sur le comédien 3.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1773 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Encyclopedie 1 by Denis Diderot, Jean d'Alembert, Alain Pons 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1772 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Lettre Sur Les Aveugles / Lettre Sur Les Sourds Et Muets 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Lettre Sur Les Aveugles 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	My rating:

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“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
― Denis Diderot

tags: freedom , king , monarchy , organized-religion , priest , religion

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“It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley; but not at all so to believe or not in God.”
― Denis Diderot

tags: apathetic-agnosticism , god , knowledge , philosophy , religion

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“I am wholly yours - you are everything to me; we will sustain each other in all the ills of life it may please fate to inflict upon us; you will soothe my troubles; I will comfort you in yours.”
― Denis Diderot

tags: love

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