Today is the 300th-year anniversary of Denis Diderot's birth.
Denis Diderot (5 October 1713, Langres – 31 July 1784, Paris) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. (
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