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'''Denis Diderot''' (1713-1784) was a [[Frenchman]] during the [[Enlightenment]]. He contributed to [[literature]], speculated on [[free will]] and attachment to material things, and spearheaded an [[encyclopedia]] of scientific and social knowledge known as "[[Encyclopédie]]".
'''Denis Diderot''' (1713-1784) was a French [[philosophe]] and leader of the [[Enlightenment]]. He contributed to literature, speculated on [[free will]] and attachment to material things.
he is best known for editing a great multivolume French language [[encyclopedia]] of scientific and social knowledge known as "[[Encyclopédie]]".
==Further reading==
* Wilson, Arthur McCandless. ''Diderot'' (1972), the standard biography
===Primary sources===
* Diderot, Denis, ed. ''A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry, Vol. 1'' (1993 reprint) [http://www.amazon.com/Diderot-Pictorial-Encyclopedia-Industry-Archive/dp/0486274284/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262089601&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search]
* Diderot, Denis. ''Diderot: Political Writings'' ed. by John Hope Mason and Robert Wokler (1992) [http://www.amazon.com/Diderot-Political-Writings-Cambridge-History/dp/0521369118/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262089601&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search, with introduction]
* [http://books.google.com/books?as_q=&num=10&lr=&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES&lr=lang_en&as_vt=&as_auth=diderot&as_pub=&as_sub=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_isbn=&as_issn= main workd of Diderot in English translation]
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