Denis Diderot

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Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 - July 31, 1784) was a French writer and philosopher.

Born in Langres, Champagne, France in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as The Enlightenment, and was the editor-in-chief of the famous Encyclopédie.

Diderot also contributed to literature, notably with his work Jacques the Fatalist, which challenged conventions regarding novels and their structure and content, while also examining philosophical ideas relating to free will.

He is also known as the author of the essay Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown, upon which many an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.

He died of emphysema and dropsy in Paris on July 31, 1784, and was buried in the city's Eglise Saint-Roch.

Table of contents

1 Main Works: Novels 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Main Works: Novels

• Les Bijoux indiscrets - 1748
• La Religieuse - 1760
• Le Neveu de Rameau - 1762
• Jacques Le Fataliste et son Maître - 1765

See also

• Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedist
• Liberalism
• List of liberal thinkers

References

• Spielvogel -- Western Civilization -- Volume II: Since 1500 (5th Edition -- 2003)

External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about Denis Diderot.

• English translation of part of the Encyclopédie (http://www.hti.umich.edu/d/did)

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