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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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
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Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
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The best doctor is the one you run for and can't find
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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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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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Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.
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A sketch is generally more spirited than a picture,
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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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it is the chief business of art to touch and to move and to do this by getting close to 'nature.'
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Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and drink drop by drop the truth that is bitter