All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings... We must run roughshod over all these ancient puerilities, overturn the barriers that reason never erected, give back to the arts and sciences the liberty that is so precious to them.
Denis DiderotThe enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
Denis DiderotI like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.
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 Diderot