Thursday, January 17, 2008

Denis Diderot, writer, editor, philosopher

"There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it." -- Denis Diderot, writer, editor, philosopher

Inconvenient? Indeed! Trust this prominent exponent of the French Enlightenment to cast the supreme battle of mankind in such terms. The fate of the world and of each individual man is decided by the response to moral precepts.


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