Title
Denis Diderot
Caption
Illustration of the French philosopher, art critic and writer Denis Diderot (1713-1784). Diderot is best known, along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert, as co-founder, chief editor and contributor to the Encyclopedie, a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772. The Encyclopedie is most famous for representing the thought of the Enlightenment. As a philosopher he speculated on free will, believed all human behaviour was determined by heredity and rejected the Idea of Progress. Illustration published in 1854.
Date
19th century
Credit line
Photo12/Collection Jaime Abecasis
Reference
LKO12A00_212
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
55,2Mb (9,5Mb) / 13,0in x 16,5in / 3889 x 4961 (300dpi)