Denis Diderot

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Enlightenment thinker human philosopher writer

Denis Diderot was an 18th-century French philosopher, writer, and co-founder of the Encyclopédie, renowned as a central intellectual of the Enlightenment.

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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker →
human →
philosopher →
writer →
burialPlace Église Saint-Roch de Paris (original burial, later lost) →
causeOfDeath pulmonary thrombosis →
child Angélique Diderot →
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France →
dateOfBirth 1713-10-05 →
dateOfDeath 1784-07-31 →
educatedAt Collège des Jésuites de Langres →
Collège d’Harcourt →
ethnicGroup French →
familyName Denis Diderot →
surface form: "Diderot"
fieldOfWork aesthetics →
art criticism →
encyclopedism →
literature →
philosophy →
genre drama →
essay →
novel →
philosophical fiction →
givenName Denis →
influenced Friedrich Schiller →
G. W. F. Hegel →
Honoré de Balzac →
Immanuel Kant →
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe →
Russian Enlightenment →
influencedBy Isaac Newton →
John Locke →
Pierre Bayle →
languageOfWorkOrName French →
movement Age of Enlightenment →
surface form: "Enlightenment"

French Enlightenment →
name Denis Diderot →
nativeLanguage French →
notableIdea atheism →
critique of revealed religion →
early evolutionary ideas →
materialism →
notableWork Encyclopédie →
Jacques le fataliste et son maître →
La Religieuse →
Le Neveu de Rameau →
Le Rêve de d’Alembert →
Lettre sur les aveugles à l’usage de ceux qui voient →
Pensées philosophiques →
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville →
occupation art critic →
encyclopedist →
philosopher →
playwright →
writer →
placeOfBirth Champagne →
Kingdom of France →
Langres →
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France →
Paris →
positionHeld co-editor of the Encyclopédie →
co-founder of the Encyclopédie →
religion Roman Catholicism →
residence Paris →
sexOrGender male →
spouse Anne-Toinette Champion →
workLocation Paris →
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Michel-Antoine David → associatedWith → Denis Diderot →
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La Religieuse → author → Denis Diderot →
Le Neveu de Rameau → author → Denis Diderot →
Le Rêve de d’Alembert → author → Denis Diderot →
Pensées philosophiques → author → Denis Diderot →
Jean d’Alembert → coEditorWith → Denis Diderot →
André Le Breton → collaboratedWith → Denis Diderot →
Baron d'Holbach → collaboratedWith → Denis Diderot →
Louis de Jaucourt → collaboratedWith → Denis Diderot →
Le Neveu de Rameau → createdBy → Denis Diderot →
Encyclopédie → editor → Denis Diderot →
Encyclopédie → editorInChief → Denis Diderot →
Collège d’Harcourt → educated → Denis Diderot →
Angélique Diderot → familyName → Denis Diderot →
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Denis Diderot → familyName → Denis Diderot →
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Angélique Diderot → father → Denis Diderot →
Pensées philosophiques → hasAuthorRole → Denis Diderot →
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French Enlightenment → hasMainProponent → Denis Diderot →
Denis → hasNotableBearer → Denis Diderot →
Baron d'Holbach → influenced → Denis Diderot →
Lucretius → influenced → Denis Diderot →
Pierre Bayle → influenced → Denis Diderot →
Voltaire → influenced → Denis Diderot →
Baron d'Holbach → influencedBy → Denis Diderot →
Age of Enlightenment → majorFigure → Denis Diderot →
Anne-Toinette Champion → marriedTo → Denis Diderot →
Denis Diderot → name → Denis Diderot →
Collège d’Harcourt → notableAlumni → Denis Diderot →
Angélique Diderot → notableRelative → Denis Diderot →
subject surface form: "Église Saint-Roch de Paris"
Anne-Toinette Champion → spouse → Denis Diderot →
Madame de Pompadour → supported → Denis Diderot →
La Religieuse → workOf → Denis Diderot →
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