Denis Diderot

Born: October 5 1713 Langres, Champagne, Kingdom of France Era: 18th-Century Philosophy
Died: July 31 1784 (Aged 70) Paris, France Region: Western Philosophy
Alma Mater: University of Paris School: Encyclopédistes, French Materialism &
Epicuranism
Denis Diderot Legacy:
Today is 306 years since the birth of Denis Diderot, a prominent Enlightenment
philosopher, art critic, and writer, who died on July 31, 1784, aged 70. A key
Enlightenment figure, many of Diderot's ideas were avant-garde and foreshadowed
many concepts in modern science.

Quotes:
“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest”

“The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and ... people whose aim is to disrupt
society always know how to make good use of them on occasion”

“All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs”