Poetry needs something on the scale of the grand, the barbarous, the savage.
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Poetry needs something on the scale of the grand, the barbarous, the savage.
DENIS DIDEROTThe infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
DENIS DIDEROTSkepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
DENIS DIDEROTInstinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
DENIS DIDEROTAll children are essentially criminal.
DENIS DIDEROTIf you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
DENIS DIDEROTDo you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
DENIS DIDEROTDistance is a great promoter of admiration.
DENIS DIDEROTI feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
DENIS DIDEROTIn order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
DENIS DIDEROTGood music is very close to primitive language.
DENIS DIDEROTWhen we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
DENIS DIDEROTIt is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
DENIS DIDEROTWhat has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
DENIS DIDEROTOnly God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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