Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot is one of the most famous French philosophers. What is less known when it comes to Diderot is the fact that he was also an art critic and writer. Diderot was regarded and remains one of the most prominent personalities during the Enlightenment. He served as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopedie.

Diderot is the author of the famous dialogue, “Le Neveu de Rameau”, upon which many articles and sermons about consumer desire have been based.

Date of birth:
5th October, 1713
Date of death:
31st July, 1784
"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
Topic(s): Death
"Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common."
― Denis Diderot
Topic(s): Nature
"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."
― Denis Diderot
Topic(s): Respect
"There is only one passion, the passion for happiness."
― Denis Diderot
Topic(s): Happiness
"It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it."
― Denis Diderot
Topic(s): Nature
"Good music is very close to primitive language."
― Denis Diderot
Topic(s): Music
"Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man."
― Denis Diderot
Topic(s): Faith
"Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad."
― Denis Diderot
Topic(s): Government
"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
Topic(s): God
"Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it."
― Denis Diderot
Topic(s): Patriotism

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