Denis Diderot Quotes about Science

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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

Denis Diderot

Spiritual, Atheist, Science

"Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws". A letter to Catherine the Great, 1774.

Scepticism is the first step toward truth.

Denis Diderot

Philosophy, Science, Steps

"The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations". Book by Norbert Gutermam, 1963.

I picture the vast realm of the sciences as an immense landscape scattered with patches of dark and light. The goal towards which we must work is either to extend the boundaries of the patches of light, or to increase their number. One of these tasks falls to the creative genius; the other requires a sort of sagacity combined with perfectionism.

Denis Diderot

Fall, Dark, Science

Denis Diderot, David J. Adams (2000). “Thoughts on the interpretation of nature: and other philosophical works”, Clinamen Press Ltd.