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Denis Diderot

Initialement destine a la pretrise, Denis Diderot fait ses etudes chez les jesuites. Il redige ses "Pensees philosophiques" en 1746, ou il demontre deja son caractere athee. Ami de Rousseau et d'Alembert, il accepte de se charger avec ce dernier de l'elaboration de "L' Encyclopedie" en 1747. Ce travail occupera vingt ans de sa vie, mais ne l'empechera pas d'ecrire ses propres reflexions. La publication en 1749 de sa "Lettre aux aveugles", lui vaudra d'etre condamne par l'Eglise et emprisonne a...See more

Personality Profile For Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

The following is a personality profile of Denis Diderot based on his work.

Denis Diderot is unconventional, somewhat inconsiderate and opinionated.

He is laid-back, he appreciates a relaxed pace in life. He is unstructured as well: he does not make a lot of time for organization in his daily life. But, Denis Diderot is also empathetic: he feels what others feel and is compassionate towards them.

More than most people, his choices are driven by a desire for discovery.

Considers helping others to guide a large part of what he does: he thinks it is important to take care of the people around him. He is also relatively unconcerned with tradition: he cares more about making his own path than following what others have done.


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