Posted on Jul 31, 2021
Diderot, Denis | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
498
12
5
5
5
0
On July 31, 1784, Denis Diderot, French writer and philosopher, died at the age of 70. An excerpt from the article:
"Denis Diderot was the most prominent of the French Encyclopedists. He was educated by the Jesuits, and, refusing to enter one of the learned professions, was turned adrift by his father and came to Paris, where he lived from hand to mouth for a time. Gradually, however, he became recognized as one of the most powerful writers of the day. His first independent work was the Essai sur le merite et la vertu (1745). As one of the editors of the Dictionnaire de medecine (6 vols., Paris, 1746), he gained valuable experience in encyclopedic system. His Pensees philosophiques (The Hague, 1746), in which he attacked both atheism and the received Christianity, was burned by order of the Parliament of Paris."
"Denis Diderot was the most prominent of the French Encyclopedists. He was educated by the Jesuits, and, refusing to enter one of the learned professions, was turned adrift by his father and came to Paris, where he lived from hand to mouth for a time. Gradually, however, he became recognized as one of the most powerful writers of the day. His first independent work was the Essai sur le merite et la vertu (1745). As one of the editors of the Dictionnaire de medecine (6 vols., Paris, 1746), he gained valuable experience in encyclopedic system. His Pensees philosophiques (The Hague, 1746), in which he attacked both atheism and the received Christianity, was burned by order of the Parliament of Paris."
Diderot, Denis | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Posted from iep.utm.edu
World History
Literature
Philosophy
Writer
Education
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 3
3
3
0
Denis Diderot - Heroes of the Enlightenment: The Power of Knowledge
"Denis Diderot" was a prominent figure during the era of Enlightenment and was the co-founder (with mathematician Jean d'Alembert), chief editor and contribu...
Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for making us aware that on July 31, 1784, French writer and philosopher Denis Diderot died at the age of 70.
Thankfully he died before the reign of terror which began on September 5, 1793, and endured until July 27, 1794.
Denis Diderot - Heroes of the Enlightenment: The Power of Knowledge
"Denis Diderot" was a prominent figure during the era of Enlightenment and was the co-founder (with mathematician Jean d'Alembert), chief editor and contributor to the "Encyclopédie" -Frances first Encyclopédie - the Engine of Enlightenment - the first ever book written for common people that broke the monopoly of church and aristocrats over knowledge.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB9H_V2iKNQ
Thankfully he died before the reign of terror which began on September 5, 1793, and endured until July 27, 1794.
Denis Diderot - Heroes of the Enlightenment: The Power of Knowledge
"Denis Diderot" was a prominent figure during the era of Enlightenment and was the co-founder (with mathematician Jean d'Alembert), chief editor and contributor to the "Encyclopédie" -Frances first Encyclopédie - the Engine of Enlightenment - the first ever book written for common people that broke the monopoly of church and aristocrats over knowledge.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB9H_V2iKNQ
(3)
(0)
LTC Stephen F.
Catherine the Great & Denis Diderot: A Unique Friendship
Art historian and theoretician Joachim Pissarro discusses Catherine the Great and her unique friendship with philosopher, art critic, and writer Denis Didero...
Catherine the Great & Denis Diderot: A Unique Friendship
Art historian and theoretician Joachim Pissarro discusses Catherine the Great and her unique friendship with philosopher, art critic, and writer Denis Diderot. This program is presented by The National Arts Club in partnership with the Hermitage Museum Foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcUedXALkeY
Art historian and theoretician Joachim Pissarro discusses Catherine the Great and her unique friendship with philosopher, art critic, and writer Denis Diderot. This program is presented by The National Arts Club in partnership with the Hermitage Museum Foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcUedXALkeY
(0)
(0)
LTC Stephen F.
French Enlightenment Thinkers: Denis Diderot: Passion for Knowledge, Attack on the Church
This segment of the AP European History with Dr. Brovkin is devoted to Danis Diderot, the editor and publisher of the First Encyclopedia in the world, first ...
French Enlightenment Thinkers: Denis Diderot: Passion for Knowledge, Attack on the Church
This segment of the AP European History with Dr. Brovkin is devoted to Danis Diderot, the editor and publisher of the First Encyclopedia in the world, first attempt to bring together all knowledge accumulated by Modern Civilization, as an affirmation of reason, Enlightenment and Progress. We follow the story of the publication, the difficulties he had encountered, the help he had received both at home and abroad, as well as examine his personality, his own writings as a philosopher, writer, dramatist, and ardent critic of the Catholic dogmas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO0WM4F8OzI
This segment of the AP European History with Dr. Brovkin is devoted to Danis Diderot, the editor and publisher of the First Encyclopedia in the world, first attempt to bring together all knowledge accumulated by Modern Civilization, as an affirmation of reason, Enlightenment and Progress. We follow the story of the publication, the difficulties he had encountered, the help he had received both at home and abroad, as well as examine his personality, his own writings as a philosopher, writer, dramatist, and ardent critic of the Catholic dogmas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO0WM4F8OzI
(0)
(0)
2
2
0
2
2
0
I have one of his essays (in French). Nuts! Thought this was it but it’s Plato. Got some interesting bits hidden in its pages: Texas A&M 1963 Football Schedule, schedule
of job interviews offered by the St Mary’s University Placement Office, arranged by the Placement Officer.
of job interviews offered by the St Mary’s University Placement Office, arranged by the Placement Officer.
(2)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google