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
people religion use
The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and... people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
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We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
sublime essentials thieves
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
atheism superstitions
Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
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In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he.
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Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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The world is the house of the strong.
men vegetables roots
This root [the potato], no matter how much you prepare it, is tasteless and floury. It cannot pass for an agreeable food, but it supplies a food sufficiently abundant and sufficiently healthy for men who ask only to sustain themselves. The potato is criticized with reason for being windy, but what matters windiness for the vigorous organisms of peasants and laborers?
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If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.