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Denis Diderot

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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.


— Denis Diderot


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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.


— Denis Diderot


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Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.


— Denis Diderot


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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.


— Denis Diderot


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Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.


— Denis Diderot


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Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.


— Denis Diderot


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The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.


— Denis Diderot


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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.


— Denis Diderot


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The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.


— Denis Diderot


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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.


— Denis Diderot


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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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