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Definition of Diderot
1. Noun. French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diderot
Literary usage of Diderot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In the prospectus Diderot had already said: " If we succeed in this vast enterprise
our principal debt will be to Chancellor Bacon who sketched the plan of ..."
2. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"At his death Diderot left thirty-three volumes of MSS., ... Of the three or four
editions of Diderot published prior to the last half of the nineteenth ..."
3. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"At his death Diderot left thirty-three volumes of MSS., ... Of the three or four
editions of Diderot published prior to the last half of the nineteenth ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Diderot helped his friend at onetime and another between 1759 and 1779, by writing
for him an account of the annual exhibition« of paintings. ..."
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