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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

— Denis Diderot

What It Means

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Denis Diderot

About Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot (5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher and chief editor of the historic project to produce L'Encyclopédie.