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'''Denis Diderot''' was a prominent [[Enlightenment]] philosopher and Editor in Chief of the [[Encyclopedié]], one of the great achievements of the French Enlightenment. Diderot entered into the project after roughly a year, but soon assumed full control of its development, despite efforts by French censors to ban or curtail its production.  
'''Denis Diderot''' was a prominent [[Enlightenment]] philosopher and Editor in Chief of the [[Encyclopedié]], one of the great achievements of the French Enlightenment. Diderot entered into the project after roughly a year, but soon assumed full control of its development, despite efforts by French censors to ban or curtail its production. Diderot was also a writer of some ability; Jacques le Fataliste et son Maǐtre (Jacques the Fatalist and his Master) was amongst his more formidable works, challenging traditional conventional novel writing and also explored the nature of free will.


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Denis Diderot was a prominent Enlightenment philosopher and Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedié, one of the great achievements of the French Enlightenment. Diderot entered into the project after roughly a year, but soon assumed full control of its development, despite efforts by French censors to ban or curtail its production. Diderot was also a writer of some ability; Jacques le Fataliste et son Maǐtre (Jacques the Fatalist and his Master) was amongst his more formidable works, challenging traditional conventional novel writing and also explored the nature of free will.