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A contemporary portrait of the 18th-century French encyclopedist Denis Diderot. That his description of the origin and development of life on earth was based solely on facts known at the time was a blow for the reactionary Church authorities. He was regarded by them as a dangerous radical, a contributor to the forces of revolution, which triumphed not long after his death.

Encyclopedia in 35 volumes written 1751–77 by a group of French scholars (Encyclopédistes) including D'Alembert and Diderot, inspired by the English encyclopedia produced by Ephraim Chambers in 1728. Religious scepticism and Enlightenment social and political views were a feature of the work.

The first 28 volumes 1751–72 were edited by Diderot. A further five volumes were produced by other editors 1776–77 and the two-volume index was completed 1780.



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The Enlightenment and the French Revolution might be good candidates; and if you looked for books that inspired them, you could light on Diderot's Encyclopédie or the writings of Rousseau, whose Confessions also gave us the let-it-allhang-out trait of self-revelation, and whose Emile foreshadowed the sort of school where you call the headmaster Jim and throw an inkpot at him if you feel like it.
 
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