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Denis Diderot

Enlightenment philosopher and the mind behind the Encyclopédie, Denis Diderot was a fierce advocate for universal knowledge, reason, and freedom of thought against oppression.

Frases de Denis Diderot

  • Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
    Política e Liberdade
  • The first step toward philosophy is incredulity.
    Filosofia e Ceticismo
  • If you want me to believe in God, you must let me touch Him.
    Empirismo e Religião
  • Only passions, and great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
    Reflexão sobre Paixão
  • It is not enough to do good; one must do it well.
    Ética e Ação
  • We are almost always mistaken when we try to predict men's conduct by their interests.
    Psicologia Humana
  • Nature made neither servants nor masters; I neither wish to give nor receive laws.
    Liberdade e Igualdade
  • Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
    Epistemologia
  • We swallow the lie that flatters us, but we drink drop by drop the truth that is bitter to us.
    Natureza Humana
  • There is but one virtue, justice; one sole duty, to make oneself happy; one sole corollary, at times, to despise life.
    Ética Existencial
  • The spirit of our time seems to be that of liberty.
    Observação Social
  • God is nothing, if he is not all goodness.
    Teologia Crítica
  • Man is the unique term from which one must set out and to which everything must be reduced.
    Humanismo
  • Words are nothing without the voice that brings them to life.
    Estética e Linguagem
  • To have many ideas is to have few at a given moment.
    Reflexão Intelectual

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