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Denis Diderot

Quote of Denis Diderot - One can demand of me that...


Biography - Denis Diderot:

French philosopher, art critic and writer.
Born: 1713 - Died: 1784
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
France

One can demand of me that I seek truth, but not that I must find it.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
On doit exiger de moi que je cherche la vérité, mais non que je la trouve.

German
Man soll von mir verlangen, dass ich die Wahrheit suche, aber nicht, dass ich sie finde.




See also 

See also...



Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.

We are born to inquire after truth; it belongs to a greater power to possess it.




Quotes for: truth


Quotes

Quotes for: truth


To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Love truth, but pardon error.





The language of truth is simple.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.





Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.











Quotes

Denis Diderot also said...


No man has received from nature the right to command others. Liberty is a gift from heaven.





Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.





Only the passions, the great passions, can lift the soul to the greatest things.





There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.





Let us hasten to make philosophy popular.





We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.












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