Rue Diderot

Denis Diderot was a French writer, philosopher, and encyclopedist born on October 5, 1713 in Langres and died on July 31, 1784 in Paris. He is best known as the principal editor of the Encyclopæca, or Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades, which was a major project of the Enlightenment philosophy. He also wrote novels, essays and plays, as well as important philosophical texts on morality, religion and politics. His writings have been censored on several occasions, but have had a major influence on European thought and culture.

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