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Born 1713 in Langres, Champagne, Denis was the oldest child of were Didier Diderot and Angélique Vigneron
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Denis Graduated from a Jesuit college in 1732 with a Master of Arts degree in philosophy. He then decided to persue becoming a clergyman at Collège d'Harcourt of the University of Paris.
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Abandoning the idea of becoming a clergyman, Denis began to study law at Paris Law Faculty.
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Embarrassed by his child's choice of profession, Denis's father disowned him.
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An unlikely marriage, given that she was Roman Catholic and of a lower class
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François-Vincent Toussaint, and Marc-Antoine Eidous, and Denis Diderot translate History of Greece together
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He also added "reflections" to the translated version.
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Philosophical Thoughts becomes Diderot's first book he wrote purely on his own, not a translation.
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Diderot wrote The Skeptics Walk the very next year. The book was, however, not published until 1830
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Down on funds, Diderot wrote this raunchy novel to gain some money. It remains his most published work.
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Diderot's debut essay, Letter on the Blind, showed him to have independent, but sacrilegious, thoughts.
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Diderot was released following good behavior.
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This was Diderot's first of several plays.
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The second of Diderot's plays.
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Diderot wrote about the biennial art exhibitions in the Louvre, as reuested by his friend Friedrich Melchior Grimm. He would do this from 1759,1771,1775, and 1781.
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The bookseller had altered all passages that could be dangerous in order to send out copies without legal repercussion
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It had taken twelve years, but all 28 volumes were now in subscribers hands.
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This first visit, which he was payed handsomely for, began Catherine's taking care of Diderot financially.
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This play was begun by Diderot in 1770, but would not be published until 1830
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Though the work would not be published until 1796, The Nun criticized the treatment of women by the church.
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Diderot died of pulmonary thrombosis, and his remains put in the National Library of Russia by Catherine II.