What is another word for Denis Diderot?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛniz dˈa͡ɪdɹɒt] (IPA)

Denis Diderot was a prominent French philosopher, art critic and writer who lived in the 18th century. Some synonyms for him are: literary figure, intellectual, thinker, philosopher, Encyclopedist and art theorist. He is most famously known for his work on the Encyclopedie, a large compendium of knowledge which aimed to bring together all the known information of the day. Diderot was instrumental in promoting the ideas of the Enlightenment movement in France and championed individual freedom, rationalism and scientific inquiry. He was also a prolific author of works on art and aesthetics, and his ideas had a profound impact on the development of modern art criticism.

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  • If to be great means to be good, then Denis Diderot was a little man. But if to be great means to do great things in the teeth of great obstacles, then none can refuse him a place in the temple of the Immortals.
    Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  • It is as the father of the Encyclopedia that Denis Diderot merits eternal recognition. Guilty as he was in almost every relation of life towards the individual, for mankind, in the teeth of danger and of infidelity, at the ill-paid sacrifice of the best years of his exuberant life, he produced that book which first levelled a free path to knowledge and enfranchised the soul of his generation.
    Evelyn Beatrice Hall

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