The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. – Denis Diderot
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. – Denis Diderot
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination. – Denis Diderot
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. – Denis Diderot