Denis Diderot

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

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.

I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a read more

I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy