Maxioms by Denis Diderot
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far read more
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye read more
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and read more
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.
