Denis Diderot

Born
1713
Died
1784
Nationality
French

Events involving Denis Diderot (4)

1742 ID: 516
Rousseau arrives in Paris with musical notation system, enters salons through Diderot and d'Alembert
ID: 516
Venice
Paris
1749 ID: 533
Rousseau's 'illumination' on road to Vincennes visiting imprisoned Diderot - vision that civilization corrupts
ID: 533
Vincennes
1751 ID: 538
Diderot's Encyclopedia begins - systematic replacement of Christian worldview with hidden materialism
ID: 538
1768 ID: 572
Diderot's 'Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage' portrays sexual freedom of 'natural' Tahitian society
ID: 572