Quotes by Diderot, Denis

Distance is a great promoter of admiration! >>

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. >>

The following general definition of an animal: a system of different o >>

Quotations about Theory

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person. >>

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most import >>

The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is th >>

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.

Diderot, Denis