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Denis Diderot
French
Editor
Born:
Oct 5
,
1713
Died:
Jul 31
,
1784
Genius
Good
Man
Nature
People
You
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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Denis Diderot
Truth
Lie
Bitter
Find
Only
Sip
Any
Swallow
Flatters
Little
Us
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
Denis Diderot
Nature
Knowledge
Result
Reflection
Three
Facts
Observation
Combination
Principal
Experimentation
Them
Acquiring
Means
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
Denis Diderot
Great
Soul
Great Things
Only
Passions
Elevate
Things
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
Denis Diderot
Only
Step
Fanaticism
Barbarism
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
Denis Diderot
God
Me
You
Believe
Must
Touch
Make
Him
Want
There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
Denis Diderot
Change
Adjust
Must
Force
Greatest
Times
Viewpoint
Things
Needed
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
Denis Diderot
Great
Philosopher
Philosophers
Never
Priest
Priests
Any
Whereas
Many
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
Denis Diderot
Genius
World
Evil
Other
Some
Through
Always
Up
Turns
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
Denis Diderot
Music
Age
Old
Old Age
Painting
Say
Temperament
Poetry
Excellence
Superstition
Allowed
Perform
Goodbye
Task
Human
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
Denis Diderot
People
Control
Other
Out
About
Putting
Fellow
Talks
Always
Getting
Order
Means
Your
Who
Things
Watch
His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.
Denis Diderot
Would
Kings
Guts
Had
Priest
He
His
Hands
Rope
Strangle
Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
Denis Diderot
Faith
Good
Man
Hurt
Pure
Living
Fine
Wear
He
Although
Does
Any
May
Being
Clothing
Holy
Peacefully
Lives
People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.
Denis Diderot
Death
You
Hate
People
World
Virtue
Run
Feet
Got
Praise
Warm
Your
Keep
Away
Good music is very close to primitive language.
Denis Diderot
Music
Good
Language
Good Music
Primitive
Very
Close
All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.
Denis Diderot
Signs
Nothing
Relations
Abstract
Study
Between
Sciences
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
Denis Diderot
Government
Good
Result
Bad
Morals
Countries
Legislation
African
Asian
European
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
Denis Diderot
Confuse
Bad
Would
Follows
Entirely
Only
Revealed
Revelation
Very
Truths
Different
Theologian
Certainty
Different Things
Things
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