Denis Diderot





Denis Diderot

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born
October 05, 1713 in Langres, France

died
July 31, 1784

gender
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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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Jacques the Fatalist
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,027 ratings — published 1778 — 68 editions
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The Nun
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Supplément au voyage de Bou...
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Le Neveu De Rameau
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1805 — 39 editions
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The Indiscreet Jewels
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1748 — 25 editions
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Paradoxe sur le comédien
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1773 — 13 editions
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Encyclopedie 1
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Lettre Sur Les Aveugles
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions
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More books by Denis Diderot…
“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
Denis Diderot

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

“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

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