Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (French: [dəni didʁo]; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. He was a known figure during the Enlightenment. He is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert.[1]
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 Diderot, by Louis-Michel van Loo, 1767. | |
| Born | 5 October 1713 Langres, France |
| Died | 31 July 1784 (aged 70) Paris, France |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Encyclopédistes |
Main interests | Fatalism, atheism, political philosophy, materialism, determinism |
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Diderot died from pulmonary thrombosis in Paris, aged 70.
Denis Diderot Media
N° 9 de la place dans le centre ville de Langres: in the background on the right side is Diderot's birthplace
Statue of Denis Diderot in the city of Langres, his birthplace
Title page of the Encyclopédie
Un dîner de philosophes painted by Jean Huber. Denis Diderot is the second from the right (seated).
Diderot's travel from Paris to Saint Petersburg in 1773–1774. The blue line marks the outward from 3 June 1773 until 9 October 1773, and the red line marks the return journey 5 March 1774 to 21 October 1774.
Dmitry Levitzky, Denis Diderot, 1773, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva
Jean-Simon Berthélemy, Young man admiring Denis Diderot's bust
Monument to Denis Diderot in Paris, 6th arrondissement, by Jean Gautherin
References
- ↑ Jacques Smietanski, "Le Réalisme dans Jacques le Fataliste" (Paris: Nizet, 1965).
Other websites
Media related to Denis Diderot at Wikimedia Commons