Tag Archives: Denis Diderot

He Said That? 1/5/16

From Denis Diderot (1713–1784), French philosopher, art critic, and writer, Pensées philosophiques (1746):

One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man’s suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his pleasures.

He Said That? 6/14/16

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From Denis Diderot (1713–1784), French philosopher and chief editor of the historic project to produce L’Encyclopédie. From Essai sur le Mérite de la Vertu (1745):

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

He Said That? 1/18/16

From Denis Diderot (1713-1784), French philosopher and chief editor of the historic project to produce L’Encyclopédie (1751-1766). L’Encyclopédie:

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone’s feelings.