Diderot’s early philosophical writings
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Diderot’s early philosophical writings are a set of pioneering 18th-century texts in which Denis Diderot begins to articulate his emerging Enlightenment views on religion, morality, and reason.
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Target entity: Diderot’s early philosophical writings Context triple: [Pensées philosophiques, partOf, Diderot’s early philosophical writings]
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A.
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie is the famous introductory essay to Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, laying out Enlightenment principles of reason, knowledge classification, and intellectual progress.
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A Philosophical Sketch
A Philosophical Sketch is the influential 1795 essay by Immanuel Kant in which he outlines a framework of political and moral principles aimed at achieving lasting peace between states.
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Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences is an influential 1750 philosophical essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues the progress of arts and sciences has corrupted human morality rather than improved it.
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D.
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a biographical work by Diogenes Laërtius that compiles the lives, doctrines, and anecdotes of ancient Greek philosophers.
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E.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Diderot’s early philosophical writings Target entity description: Diderot’s early philosophical writings are a set of pioneering 18th-century texts in which Denis Diderot begins to articulate his emerging Enlightenment views on religion, morality, and reason.
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A.
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie is the famous introductory essay to Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, laying out Enlightenment principles of reason, knowledge classification, and intellectual progress.
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B.
A Philosophical Sketch
A Philosophical Sketch is the influential 1795 essay by Immanuel Kant in which he outlines a framework of political and moral principles aimed at achieving lasting peace between states.
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C.
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences is an influential 1750 philosophical essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues the progress of arts and sciences has corrupted human morality rather than improved it.
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D.
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a biographical work by Diogenes Laërtius that compiles the lives, doctrines, and anecdotes of ancient Greek philosophers.
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E.
Études philosophiques
Études philosophiques is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his more overtly philosophical and metaphysical novels and tales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment text
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literary work ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Encyclopédie project
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linked to:
Encyclopédie
French Enlightenment ⓘ |
| author | Denis Diderot ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | subject to censorship ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-Revolutionary France ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century freethought
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Enlightenment atheism ⓘ later French materialism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baruch Spinoza
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John Locke ⓘ Pierre Bayle ⓘ classical skepticism ⓘ |
| legacy |
foundational for Diderot’s later philosophy
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important in history of secular thought ⓘ |
| mainLanguage | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ morality ⓘ reason ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| movement |
Enlightenment
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linked to:
French Enlightenment
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| philosophicalPosition |
critique of religious dogmatism
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defense of individual conscience ⓘ emphasis on empirical knowledge ⓘ skepticism toward miracles ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
materialism
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rationalism ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| reception | controversial in 18th-century France ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
De la suffisance de la religion naturelle
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Lettre sur les aveugles à l’usage de ceux qui voient ⓘ Lettre sur les sourds et muets à l’usage de ceux qui entendent et qui parlent ⓘ Pensées philosophiques ⓘ Promenade du sceptique ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
critique of religious authority
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critique of revealed religion ⓘ defense of reason ⓘ freedom of thought ⓘ natural morality ⓘ tolerance ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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