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Diderot's
Encyclopedia
Original 18th Century Copperplate
Engravings from Diderots Encylopedia.
The Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire
Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers
was published in Paris between 1762-1777.
A masterpiece of the enlightment, it set out all
the knowledge of the day, and was a first attempt
to document the techniques of mechanical production
for objects used in everyday life. Scholars from
around the world, including Benjamin Franklin
and Thomas Jefferson submitted chapters.
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher,
and man of letters, and the chief editor of the
L'Encyclopédie, one of the principal achievements
of the Age of Enlightenment. He was a a friend
of the great minds of his age including Goethe,
Rousseau, and Hume. A freethinker, Diderot challenged
the authority of the Church and criticized the
French system of government.
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