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gptkb:philosopher
writer
encyclopedist
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_Paris
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:The_French_Revolution
The Enlightenment
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gptkbp:birthDate
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October 5, 1713
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Angelique_Diderot
Denis_Diderot_Jr.
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gptkbp:contribution
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Critique of religion
Promotion of scientific inquiry
Development of modern philosophy
Advancement of secular thought
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gptkbp:deathDate
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July 31, 1784
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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“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.”
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Diderot
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gptkbp:influenced
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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
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Voltaire
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Rousseau
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Encyclopédie
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gptkbp:nationality
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French
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Jacques_the_Fatalist
gptkb:Rameau's_Nephew
The Nun
Philosophical Thoughts
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:philosopher
novelist
art critic
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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Langres
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Paris
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gptkbp:spouse
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Antoinette_Champion
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