Contributions Of Dens Diderot

Denis Diderot was a French writer, a scientist, a philosopher, and the main editor of the Encyclopedie. The Encyclopedie was prominent in the movement of the Enlightenment—which spread throughout Europe in Eighteenth century. It was the important vehicle that brought people to a higher level of knowledge by providing a unifying system where people all over the world could share and retrieve essential information This information sharing system is equally important to the human civilization as our Internet is today. It helped bring about better living conditions for many societies by promoting research in the fields of technology, education, government, health, and countless other industrial and social structures. Indirectly,the Encyclopedia had lifted millions from poverty, ignorance, and despair, and therefore enhancing the qualities and happiness of the human race.

The encyclopedia was just only one of his contributions to the betterment of our world. Another of his noteworthy works is the d’Alembert’s Dream, contains several hypotheses on epigenesis and evolution. For this reason, he is also dubbed a precursor to Darwin, the greatest contributor to evolution. Without this breakthrough in science, we might still be in the stone-age in regards to science, especially medicine.

Denis Diderot paved the way for reform. The Encyclopedia was intended not to only inform, but to provoke thoughts. Diderot ushered in Europe’s modern era by presenting scattered knowledge and promoting reason. The Encyclopedia that Diderot compiled resulted to be extremely influential for it would inspire a revolution.

Niccolo Machiavelli- Niccolò Machiavelli is a Florentine politician, philosopher, humanist, and writer. Machiavelli is the f...

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Cosimo de Medici was an important patron of Renaissance art, as he funded the building of El Domo. Etc. Cosimo is known as the mastermind behind the Renaissance. Because of his extensive patronage he was able to bring a creative revolution to Florence, allowing the city of Florence to experience a rebirth in classical culture. The patronage from Cosimo allowed men such as Filippo Brunelleschi to achieve impressive feats of architecture by restoring the church of St. Lorenzo. Cosimo also provided Florence with culture. He sent ships east in order to acquire manuscripts from ancient writers and he hired scribes to copy what he was unable to get on his own. These manuscripts were made available for public use. His actions towards making Florence a symbol of his family’s prestige and Florentine pride is what allowed the city to enter the age of the Renaissance.