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Diderot

American  
[dee-duh-roh, deeduh-roh] / ˈdi dəˌroʊ, didəˈroʊ /

noun

  1. Denis 1713–84, French philosopher, critic, and encyclopedist.


Diderot British  
/ ˈdiːdərəʊ, didro /

noun

  1. Denis (dəni). 1713–84, French philosopher, noted particularly for his direction (1745–72) of the great French Encyclopédie

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And in January, Millah Gilbert, a Diderot graduate, joined the team.

From New York Times

Denis Diderot, the philosopher and art critic, also was a big admirer.

From Washington Post

The University of Paris, set up last year through a merger of Paris-Descartes University and Paris Diderot University, is now under the same charge.

From BBC

The answer may seem obvious: Diderot is writing about the transformation in knowledge that we now call the Scientific Revolution.

From Literature

Figures like Diderot and Hume derived some of their ideas on liberty from classical texts, where they found declarations of political and personal freedoms.

From New York Times