Diderot discovered that Le Breton had truncated dozens of potentially touchy articles in a number of volumes, including entries on morality, political oppression, philosophy, royal power, and religion. In the article “Luxure” (“Lust”), the editor had cut the quip (italicized) at the end of the following phrase: “In the Christian religion, lust is one of the seven deadly sins; one can imagine how many people must be damned since the slightest sin in this category is
