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Diderot

[ dee-duh-roh; French deeduh-roh ]

noun

  1. De·nis [d, uh, -, nee], 1713–84, French philosopher, critic, and encyclopedist.


Diderot

/ ˈdiːdərəʊ; didro /

noun

  1. DiderotDenis17131784MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopherWRITING: encyclopedist Denis (dəni). 1713–84, French philosopher, noted particularly for his direction (1745–72) of the great French Encyclopédie
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Many of them—from Denis Diderot and Lawrence Sterne to David Hume and Adam Smith—met in the Paris salon of Baron Thierry Holbach.

According to Diderot's daughter, Mme. Vandeuil, their entire correspondence has been destroyed or lost.

Diderot says "Il lisait et tudiait partout, je l'ai moi-mme rencontr sur les grandes routes avec un auteur rabinnique la main."

Naigeon is certain that it is entirely by Holbach, although it is generally held that Diderot had a hand in it.

Among the many monuments are memorials of Corneille and Diderot, both of whom are buried here.

Thus Diderot upheld the sentimental and emotional subject against the ftes galantes of the rococo painter.

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