Denis Diderot

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye read more

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a read more

I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.