Diderot

GPTKB entity

Properties (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
writer
encyclopedist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Paris
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:The_French_Revolution
The Enlightenment
gptkbp:birthDate October 5, 1713
gptkbp:children gptkb:Angelique_Diderot
Denis_Diderot_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution Critique of religion
Promotion of scientific inquiry
Development of modern philosophy
Advancement of secular thought
gptkbp:deathDate July 31, 1784
gptkbp:famousQuote “It is not enough to possess a good mind; it must be applied.”
“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
“Scepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.”
“The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.”
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Diderot
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Alexis_de_Tocqueville
gptkb:Daniel_Kahneman
gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkb:Richard_Dawkins
gptkb:Steven_Pinker
gptkb:Simone_de_Beauvoir
gptkb:Daniel_Dennett
gptkb:Richard_Rorty
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Jacques_Derrida
gptkb:Judith_Butler
gptkb:Albert_Camus
gptkb:Jean-Paul_Sartre
gptkb:Michel_Foucault
gptkb:Peter_Singer
gptkb:Cornel_West
gptkb:Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel
gptkb:Karl_Marx
Immanuel Kant
bell hooks
Slavoj Žižek
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Voltaire
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Rousseau
gptkbp:knownFor Encyclopédie
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Jacques_the_Fatalist
gptkb:Rameau's_Nephew
The Nun
Philosophical Thoughts
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
novelist
art critic
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Langres
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:spouse Antoinette_Champion