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Denis Diderot   Listen
Denis Diderot

noun
1.
French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784).  Synonym: Diderot.





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... magic, of charm. And without some touch of these qualities, the a peu pres of journalism, of that necessarily hurried and improvised work which is the spendthrift of talent, can never become literature, as it once did—under the golden pen of Denis Diderot. ...
— A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II • Mrs. Humphry Ward


Words linked to "Denis Diderot" :   philosopher, Diderot


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