Encyclopédie

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The Encyclopédie was an influential 18th-century French reference work edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert that sought to compile and disseminate Enlightenment knowledge, science, and philosophy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment work
encyclopedia
reference work
aim to compile and disseminate human knowledge
to promote Enlightenment ideas
alternateName Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
linked to: Encyclopédie
censorship banned by the French government in 1759
placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum
coEditor Jean le Rond d’Alembert
linked to: Jean d’Alembert
countryOfOrigin France
editor Denis Diderot
Jean le Rond d’Alembert
linked to: Jean d’Alembert
editorInChief Denis Diderot
hasGenre encyclopedic dictionary
non-fiction
hasPart Encyclopédie: plates volumes
linked to: Encyclopédie

Encyclopédie: text volumes
linked to: Encyclopédie
ideology anti-clericalism
rationalism
secularism
influenced French Revolution
modern encyclopedias
secular education
movement Enlightenment
notableContributor Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
Baron d’Holbach
linked to: Baron d'Holbach

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Louis de Jaucourt
Voltaire
numberOfArticles over 70,000
numberOfContributors over 130
numberOfPlateVolumes 11
numberOfTextVolumes 17
numberOfVolumes 28
originalLanguage French
placeOfPublication Paris
printingMethod letterpress printing
publicationEndYear 1772
publicationStartYear 1751
publisher André Le Breton
Antoine-Claude Briasson
Laurent Durand
Michel-Antoine David
subject arts
crafts
philosophy
science
subtitle Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
linked to: Encyclopédie
timePeriod 18th century

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Age of Enlightenment majorWork Encyclopédie
Republic of Letters hasKeyConcept Republic of Letters and Diderot's Encyclopédie
linked to: Encyclopédie
Encyclopédie subtitle Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
linked to: Encyclopédie
Encyclopédie hasPart Encyclopédie: plates volumes
linked to: Encyclopédie
Encyclopédie hasPart Encyclopédie: text volumes
linked to: Encyclopédie
Encyclopédie alternateName Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
linked to: Encyclopédie
Voltaire notableWork Dictionnaire philosophique
linked to: Encyclopédie
Denis Diderot notableWork Encyclopédie
Baron d'Holbach associatedWith Encyclopédie
Enlightenment encyclopedism hasKeyWork Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
linked to: Encyclopédie
Jean d’Alembert notableWork Encyclopédie
Jean d’Alembert coEditorOf Encyclopédie
André Le Breton notableWork Encyclopédie
Louis de Jaucourt notableWork Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
linked to: Encyclopédie
Louis de Jaucourt contributedTo Encyclopédie
Michel-Antoine David notableWork Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
linked to: Encyclopédie
Antoine-Claude Briasson notableWork Encyclopédie
Laurent Durand notableWork Encyclopédie
Laurent Durand associatedWith Encyclopédie project
linked to: Encyclopédie
French Enlightenment hasWork Encyclopédie
Ephraim Chambers influenced Encyclopédie
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie partOf Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
linked to: Encyclopédie
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson supported Encyclopédie project
linked to: Encyclopédie
Age of Reason relatedWork Encyclopédie
Diderot’s early philosophical writings associatedWith Encyclopédie project
linked to: Encyclopédie
Jean-François Marmontel employer Encyclopédie
Jean-François Marmontel contributedTo Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers
linked to: Encyclopédie