Citas de Denis Diderot

• Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

  Denis Diderot

  Forever, Trying, Facts

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• El hombre nunca será libre hasta que el último rey sea estrangulado con las entrañas del último sacerdote.

  Denis Diderot

  Atheist, Kings, Men

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• Nos tragamos con avidez cualquier mentira que nos halague, pero sólo sorbemos poco a poco una verdad que nos resulta amarga.

  Denis Diderot

  Inspiración, Confianza, Verdad

  "Rameau's Nephew". Book by Denis Diderot, 1821.

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• All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

  Denis Diderot

  Feelings, Exception, All Things

  Stephen J. Gendzier, Denis Diderot (1967). “Denis Diderot's The Encyclopedia: selections ; edited and translated by Stephen J. Genzier”

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• Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.

  Denis Diderot

  People, Giving, Philanthropy

  "Happyology". Book by Harald Tietze, p. 28, 2001.

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• From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

  Denis Diderot

  Paz, guerra, tiranos

  "Essai sur le Mérite de la Vertu". A translation and adaptation of "Inquiry concerning Virtue or Merit" by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, 1745.

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• Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.

  Denis Diderot

  Atheism, Superstitions, Positive Atheism

  "Philosophical Thoughts". Book by Denis Diderot, 1746.

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• Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.

  Denis Diderot

  Mean, Power, Order

  "Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage". Book by Denis Diderot, 1796.

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• No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

  Denis Diderot

  Men, Command, Humans

  "L'Encyclopédie". Book by Denis Diderot, 1751-1766.

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• Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.

  Denis Diderot

  Ignorancia, Prejuicios

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• Sólo las pasiones, las grandes pasiones, pueden elevar el alma a grandes cosas.

  Denis Diderot

  Inspirational, Happiness, Romantic

  "Pensées Philosophiques". Book by Denis Diderot, 1746.

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• In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.

  Denis Diderot

  Country, Believe, Vices

  "Selected Writings". Book by Lester G. Crocker, 1966.

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• Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

  Denis Diderot

  Philosophy, Firsts, Steps

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• What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.

  Denis Diderot

  Play, Would Be, World

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• We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

  Denis Diderot

  Inspirational, Vices, Virtue

  "Thesaurus of Epigrams: A New Classified Collection of Witty Remarks, Bon Mots and Toasts". Book by Edmund Fuller, 1942.

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• El filósofo nunca ha matado a ningún sacerdote, mientras que el sacerdote ha matado a muchos filósofos.

  Denis Diderot

  Espiritual, Ateo, Ciencia

  "Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws". A letter to Catherine the Great, 1774.

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• Hay tres medios principales para adquirir conocimientos: la observación de la naturaleza, la reflexión y la experimentación. La observación recoge hechos; la reflexión los combina; la experimentación verifica el resultado de esa combinación.

  Denis Diderot

  Knowledge, Mean, Reflection

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

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• The Christian religion teaches us to imitate a God that is cruel, insidious, jealous, and implacable in his wrath.

  Denis Diderot

  Dios, Cristiano, Religioso

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• Los locos más peligrosos son los creados por la religión, y las personas cuyo objetivo es perturbar la sociedad siempre saben hacer buen uso de ellos en alguna ocasión.

  Denis Diderot

  Gente, Religión, Ateísmo

  "Conversations with a Christian Lady". "Selected Writings", edited by Lester G. Crocker, 1966.

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• Scepticism is the first step toward truth.

  Denis Diderot

  Philosophy, Science, Steps

  "The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations". Book by Norbert Gutermam, 1963.

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• El instinto guía mejor al animal que al hombre. En el animal es puro, en el hombre se deja llevar por su razón y su inteligencia.

  Denis Diderot

  Animal, Men, Reason

  John Hope Mason, Denis Diderot (1982). “The irresistible Diderot”

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• In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

  Denis Diderot

  Children, Men, Entertainment

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• Does anyone really know where they're going to?

  Denis Diderot

  Doe, Knows

  Denis Diderot, David Coward (1999). “Jacques the Fatalist and His Master”, p.3, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Wandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: 'My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.' This stranger is a theologian.

  Denis Diderot

  Blow, Night, Light

  "Addition aux Pensées philosophiques". Book by Denis Diderot, 1770.

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• A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.

  Denis Diderot

  Pensamiento, Derecho, Personas

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