Denis Diderot najznámejšie citáty
„Láska uberá z ducha tým, ktorí ho majú, a dodáva ho tým, ktorí ho nemajú.“
Potvrdené výroky
Zdroj: [KOTRMANOVÁ, Milada.: Perly ducha. Ostrava: Knižní expres, 1996 ISBN 80-902272-1-X]
Potvrdené výroky, Filozofické spisy (1746)
Denis Diderot Citáty o láske
Denis Diderot: Citáty v angličtine
[L]e philosophe n'a jamais tué de prêtres et le prêtre a tué beaucoup de philosophes...
Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)
Zdroj: Political Writings
As translated in Diderot (1977) by Otis Fellows, p. 39
Variant translations:
One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his pleasures.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
Pensées Philosophiques (1746)
Zdroj: Pensées philosophiques
Kontext: We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man’s afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of all his pleasures … But what provokes me is that only their adverse side is considered … and yet only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.
“Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.”
As quoted in Happyology by Harald W. Tietze, p. 28
“Scepticism is the first step towards truth.”
As quoted in The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations (1963) by Norbert Gutermam
Pensées Philosophiques (1746)
Varianta: A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence skepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.
Varianta: The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
Zdroj: Pensées philosophiques
“There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.”
As quoted in Dictionary of Foreign Quotations (1980) by Mary Collison, Robert L. Collison, p. 235
“I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don’t remember ever having seen one weep.”
"Paradox on Acting" (1830), as quoted in Selected Writings (1966) edited by Lester G. Crocker
"On Women" (1772), as translated in Selected Writings (1966) edited by Lester G. Crocker
Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)
Article on Encyclopedia
L'Encyclopédie (1751-1766)
“The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.”
Conversations with a Christian Lady (1774)
Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)
No. 50
On the Interpretation of Nature (1753)
“There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.”
"Will, Freedom”
Elements of Physiology (1875)
“We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.”
As quoted in Thesaurus of Epigrams: A New Classified Collection of Witty Remarks, Bon Mots and Toasts (1942) by Edmund Fuller
“The best doctor is the one you run for and can't find.”
As quoted in Selected Thoughts from the French: XV Century - XX Century, with English Translations (1913) by James Raymond Solly, p. 67
“To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.”
As quoted in The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations (1963) by Norbert Gutermam
Pensées Philosophiques (1746)
No. 51
On the Interpretation of Nature (1753)
“Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.”
As quoted in Dictionary of Foreign Quotations (1980) by Mary Collison, Robert L. Collison, p. 98
