Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot
Denis Diderotʁo]; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert...
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth5 October 1713
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To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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Gaiety - a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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A sketch is generally more spirited than a picture,
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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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See this egg. It is with this that all the schools of theology and all the temples of the earth are to be overturned.
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Descartes said: "I think, therefore I am." Helvetius wants to say: "I feel, therefore I want to feel pleasantly." I prefer Hobbes who claims that in order to draw a conclusion which takes us somewhere, we must say, "I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.
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Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and drink drop by drop the truth that is bitter
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To do his duty somehow, always to speak well of the Prior, and let the world go its own way.
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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
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You have to make it happen.
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First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.