Diderot

Famous quotes containing the word diderot:

    “What is this world of ours? A complex entity subject to sudden changes which all indicate a tendency to destruction; a swift succession of beings which follow one another, assert themselves and disappear; a fleeting symmetry; a momentary order.”
    —Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

    “From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.”
    —Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

    “If your little savage were left to himself and be allowed to retain all his ignorance, he would in time join the infant’s reasoning to the grown man’s passion, he would strangle his father and sleep with his mother.”
    —Denis Diderot (1713–1784)