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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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culture · French philosopher and writer (1713–1784) · philosopher · novelist · essayist · encyclopédistes · art critic · playwright · literary critic · correspondent · translator · historian · also Denis Diderot, Diderot
Born 5 October 1713 · Died 31 July 1784 · Q448
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2026· 6 entries
“An encyclopedia ought to make good the failure to execute such a project hitherto, and should encompass not only the fields already covered by the academies, but each and every branch of human knowledge.”
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“Without the idea of the whole, philosophy is no more,”
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parade.com: Quote of the Day: Philosopher Denis Diderot on How Passion Can ‘Elevate the Soul’
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AOL: Denis Diderot's Insight: How Passion Fuels Greatness in Life
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MutualArt.com: Denis Diderot
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2024· 1 entry
Fabula: Denis Diderot, Paradoxe sur le comédien, suivi de Lettres sur le théâtre à Madame Riccoboni et à Mademoiselle Jodin
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2020· 1 entry
c-span: Bell Ringer: Denis Diderot and the Encyclopedie
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2019· 1 entry
Newsweek: A Guide to Denis Diderot’s France
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2013· 1 entry
The 300th anniversary of Diderot's birth, his hometown of Langres held a series of events in his honor and produced an audio tour of the town highlighting places that were part of Diderot's past, including the remains of
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1997· 1 entry
Starring Bernard Giraudeau as Diderot and Christiane Cohendy as Madame Therbouche and was well received by critics
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1993· 1 entry
American writer Cathleen Schine published Rameau's Niece, a satire of academic life in New York that took as its premise a woman's research into an (imagined) 18th-century pornographic parody of Diderot's Rameau's Nephew
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1830· 2 entries
Which is a dramatic essay elucidating a theory of acting in which it is argued that great actors do not experience the emotions they are displaying
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“Conversation Between D’Alembert and Diderot”
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1823· 1 entry
But it had been expurgated by Diderot's daughter prior to publication
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1796· 1 entry
“Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage”
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1784· 16 entries
Died 1784-07-31.
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“Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre, Au défaut d’un cordon pour étrangler les rois.”
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“Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.”
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“The best doctor is the one you run for and can't find.”
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“Smaku, smaku wzniosły, który zmieniasz, przesuwasz, budujesz, wywracasz, opróżniasz skrzynie ojców, pozostawiasz córki bez posagów, synów bez wykształcenia, czynisz tyle pięknych rzeczy i sprawiasz tyle wielkich cierpień (…); to ty gubisz narody.”
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“[Africans are] always vicious... mostly inclined to lasciviousness, vengeance, theft and lies.”
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“Smaku, smaku wzniosły, ty, który zastąpiłeś u mnie drewniany stół nieuniknionym i cennym biurkiem (…) ty pewnego dnia zaprowadzisz może moje mienie na most Saint Michel, gdzie ochrypły głos obwoływacza ogłosi: kucająca Wenus za cenę dwudziestu ludwików.”
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“Distance is a great promoter of admiration!”
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“A sabedoria não é outra coisa senão a ciência da felicidade.”
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“We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.”
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“On doit exiger de moi que je cherche la vérité, mais non que je la trouve.”
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“Let us strangle the last king with the guts of the last priest.”
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“Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.”
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“Chaque siècle a son esprit qui le caractérise. L'esprit du nôtre semble être celui de la liberté.”
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“Oeuvres complètes, vol. 7, p. 678”
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“Avoir des esclaves n'est rien, ce qui est intolérable c'est d'avoir des esclaves et de les appeler citoyens.”
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1732· 1 entry
Studied at University of Paris, Master of Arts (1732).
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1713· 1 entry
Born 1713-10-05.
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