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The most dangerous madmen are ...

The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and... people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

There is not a Musselman[Musli...

There is not a Musselman[Muslim] alive who would not imagine that he was performing an action pleasing to God and his Holy Prophet by exterminating every Christian on earth, while the Christians are scarcely more tolerant on their side.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

The arbitrary rule of a just a...

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

Superstition is more injurious...

Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

Evil always turns up in this w...

Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

There is no true sovereign exc...

There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

No man has received from natur...

No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

It is said that desire is a pr...

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

When we know to read our own h...

When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

In order to get as much fame a...

In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

There is less harm to be suffe...

There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

A nation which thinks that it ...

A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

Posterity for the philosopher ...

Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

What has not been examined imp...

What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

The philosopher forms his prin...

The philosopher forms his principles on an infinity of particular observations...He does not confuse truth with plausibility...he takes for truth what is true, for false what is false, for doubtful what is doubtful, and probable what is probable...The philosophical spirit is thus a spirit of observation and accuracy.

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I picture the vast realm of th...

I picture the vast realm of the sciences as an immense landscape scattered with patches of dark and light. The goal towards which we must work is either to extend the boundaries of the patches of light, or to increase their number. One of these tasks falls to the creative genius; the other requires a sort of sagacity combined with perfectionism.

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The world is the house of the ...

The world is the house of the strong.

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Whether God exists or does not...

Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

This root [the potato], no mat...

This root [the potato], no matter how much you prepare it, is tasteless and floury. It cannot pass for an agreeable food, but it supplies a food sufficiently abundant and sufficiently healthy for men who ask only to sustain themselves. The potato is criticized with reason for being windy, but what matters windiness for the vigorous organisms of peasants and laborers?

Denis Diderot 220 quotes

To brand man with infamy, and ...

To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins. [Fr., Rendre l'homme infame, et le laisser libre, est une absurdite qui peuple nos forets d'assassins.]

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