“First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.” IfsFirstsHeartEyeMovingEmotionMy HeartSurpriseDelightOutrageSurprise Me Author:Denis Diderot
“Are we not madder than those first inhabitants of the plain of Sennar? We know that the distance separating the earth from the sky is infinite, and yet we do not stop building our tower.” KnowsFirstsEarthSkyBuildingInfiniteDistanceTowersSeparating Book:The irresistible Diderot Source: The irresistible Diderot
“They mistake the first manifestations of a developing sexual nature for the voice of God calling them to Himself; and it is precisely when nature is inciting them that they embrace a fashion of life contrary to nature's wish.” FirstsWishVoiceMistakeAtheismFashionCallingEmbraceContraryDevelopingManifestationVoice Of God Author:Denis Diderot
“There comes a moment during which almost every girl or boy falls into melancholy; they are tormented by a vague inquietude which rests on everything and finds nothing to calm it. They seek solitude; they weep; the silence to be found in cloister attracts them: the image of peace that seems to reign in religious houses seduces them. They mistake the first manifestations of a developing sexual nature for the voice of God calling them to Himself; and it is precisely when nature is inciting them that they embrace a fashion of life contrary to nature's wish.” FirstsMomentsSeemsFallGirlFoundHouseWishVoiceReligiousMistakeSilenceBoysAtheismFashionCallingSolitudeEmbraceCalmPositive AtheismContraryDevelopingManifestationMelancholyVagueReignSeducingVoice Of GodEvery Girl Author:Denis Diderot
“A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth.” FirstsStepsFirst StepsSkepticism Author:Denis Diderot
“The first promise exchanged by two beings of flesh was at the foot of a rock that was crumbling into dust; they took as witness for their constancy a sky that is not the same for a single instant; everything changed in them and around them, and they believed their hearts free of vicissitudes. O children! always children!” LoveFirstsHeartChildrenTwoTimeChangeFeetSkyRocksChangedPromiseFleshDustWitnessInstantThings ChangeConstancyChildren LoveCrumblingVicissitudes Author:Denis Diderot
“The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.” MenFirstsHas BeensGodReligiousHe ManOughtDestroyed Author:Denis Diderot
“A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence scepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.” FirstsReligionStepsGoneFirst StepsTouchstonesScepticism Author:Denis Diderot
“Scepticism is the first step toward truth.” FirstsPhilosophyScienceLiteratureStepsFirst StepsPhylosophyIncredulity Author:Denis Diderot
“What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.” FirstsWellsPhilosophyStepsFirst StepsSkepticism Author:Denis Diderot
“Scepticism is the first step towards truth.” FirstsReligionStepsAtheismFirst StepsScepticism Author:Denis Diderot
“Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.” FirstsPhilosophyStepsFirst StepsSkepticismHeretic Author:Denis Diderot
“Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.” FirstsLiteratureJusticeVirtueCommandComplaints Author:Denis Diderot
“First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.” FirstsHeartArtEyeMovingBreakMy HeartLet MeStaringBreaking My Heart Author:Denis Diderot
