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Denis Diderot

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Key terms:

Major Contributions

Free Market- an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.

Government Philosophy

The encyclopedia, which changed the way people thought about society, and the world around them. It had a big impact on the world and added to the cause of the French Revolution.

Major Work

The Encyclopedia became a weapon against the French Society. Many of his articles attacked religious superstition and supported religious toleration.

Encyclopedia- A book or set of books containing articles on various topics, usually in alphabetical arrangement, covering all branches of knowledge, or less commonly, all aspects of one subject. This is a key term because it is Diderot's biggest contribution to the world. This book has made a big impact on society, and the world wouldn't be the same without it.

Diderot contributed many pieces of art, literature, and plays throughout his life. But over all, the encyclopedia was the most famous.

Diderot was famous for his literature, plays, and for writing the Encyclopedia.

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  • Le Pere de Femile (1758)

Writings/Literarture:

Diderot wanted the political system based on Free Society, which individuals would organize in voluntary associations, including free market and communist societies. In a free society, individuals would gain more prosperity, of non-aggression principle.

  • La Religieuse (The Nun, 1796)
  • Jacques Le Fataliste (1796)
  • Le Neveu de Rameau (Rameau's Nephew)
  • Pensees Philosophiques (1746)
  • Lettre Sur les aveugles (letter on the blind, 1749)
  • Le Encyclopedie (The Encyclopedia, 1751-1772)

Diderot became an Atheist, and he favored greater emphasis on free will. His attack on the political system of France contributed greatly to the causes of the French Revolution.

1713-1784

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