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Denis Diderot

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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.


— Denis Diderot


#free #king #last #man #never

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley; but not at all so to believe or not in God.


— Denis Diderot


#god #knowledge #philosophy #religion #religion

I am wholly yours - you are everything to me; we will sustain each other in all the ills of life it may please fate to inflict upon us; you will soothe my troubles; I will comfort you in yours.


— Denis Diderot


#life

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.


— Denis Diderot


#insanity #men

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.


— Denis Diderot


#disturbances #fearful #mask #more #never

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.


— Denis Diderot


#best #doctor #find #run #you

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.


— Denis Diderot


#bitter #find #flatters #greedily #lie

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.


— Denis Diderot


#god #important #mistake #very

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.


— Denis Diderot


#great #great passions #great things #only #passions

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.


— Denis Diderot


#fanaticism #only #step






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Diderot who had been under police surveillance since 1747 was swiftly identified as the author. Denis Diderot (French: [dəni didʁo]) (October 5 1713 – July 31 1784) was a French philosopher art critic and writer. The decree did not stop the work which went on but its difficulties increased by the necessity of being clandestine.

He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. Denis Diderot (French: [dəni didʁo]) (October 5 1713 – July 31 1784) was a French philosopher art critic and writer.

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