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Denis Diderot
Born
in Langres, France October 05, 1713
Died
July 31, 1784
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Work on theEncyclopédie (1751-1772), supreme accomplishment of French philosopher and writerDenis Diderot, epitomized the spirit of thought of Enlightenment; he also wrote novels, plays, critical essays, and brilliant letters to a wide circle of friends and colleagues.
Jean le Rond d'Alembert contributed.
This artistic prominent persona served as best known co-founder, chief editor, and contributor.
He also contributed notably to literature withJacques le fataliste et son maître (Jacques the Fatalist and his Master), which emulatedLaurence Sterne in challenging conventions regarding structure and content, while also examining ideas about free will. Diderot also authored of the known dialogue,Le Neveu de Rameau (Rameau's NepWork on theEncyclopédie (1751-1772), supreme accomplishment of French philosopher and writerDenis Diderot, epitomized the spirit of thought of Enlightenment; he also wrote novels, plays, critical essays, and brilliant letters to a wide circle of friends and colleagues.
Jean le Rond d'Alembert contributed.
This artistic prominent persona served as best known co-founder, chief editor, and contributor.
He also contributed notably to literature withJacques le fataliste et son maître (Jacques the Fatalist and his Master), which emulatedLaurence Sterne in challenging conventions regarding structure and content, while also examining ideas about free will. Diderot also authored of the known dialogue,Le Neveu de Rameau (Rameau's Nephew), basis of many articles and sermons about consumer desire. His articles included many topics.
Diderot speculated on free will, held a completely materialistic view of the universe, and suggested that heredity determines all human behavior. He therefore warned his fellows against an overemphasis on mathematics and against the blind optimism that sees in the growth of physical knowledge an automatic social and human progress. He rejected the idea of progress. His opinion doomed the aim of progressing through technology to fail. He founded on experiment and the study of probabilities. He wrote several articles and supplements concerning gambling, mortality rates, and inoculation against smallpox. He discreetly but firmly refuted technical errors and personal positions of d'Alembert on probability....more
Denis Diderot Average rating:3.66
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 | Rameau's Nephew / D'Alembert's Dream 3.67 avg rating — 1,616 ratings — published 1769 —23 editions | |
 | Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville 3.28 avg rating — 1,465 ratings — published 1773 —90 editions | |
 | Paradoxe sur le comédien 3.54 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 1820 —130 editions | |
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“Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
― Denis Diderot
― Denis Diderot
“All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.”
― Denis Diderot
― Denis Diderot
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