Denis Diderot: Media
French philosopher
Videos
The search for knowledge never ends—but it started somewhere.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Images
Portrait of Denis Diderot, oil on canvas by Dimitry Levitzky, 18th century.
In a private collection
Denis Diderot, oil painting by Louis-Michel van Loo, 1767; in the Louvre, Paris.
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
Drawloom, engraving from Diderot's Encyclopédie, 18th century.
Historical Pictures Service, Chicago
Workshop, engraving from Diderot's Encyclopédie, 18th century.
From Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2 (Paris, 1763)
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