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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