I am beginning to feel that I am growing old; soon, I shall have to eat mush like children. I shall no longer be able to speak, which will be a rathe… - Denis Diderot

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I am beginning to feel that I am growing old; soon, I shall have to eat mush like children. I shall no longer be able to speak, which will be a rather great advantage for others and but a small inconvenience for myself.... The time in which I count in years is gone; that in which I count in days is here.... I had thought that the fibers of the heart would grow callous with age, it's not at all the case. I am not sure that my sensitivity hasn't increased; everything moves me, affects me.... To fade out between a man feeling your pulse and another bothering your head; not to know where one comes from, why one came, where one is going ...

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About Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot (5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher and chief editor of the historic project to produce L'Encyclopédie.

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Alternative Names: Diderot

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Αφήνω τις σκέψεις μου να καλπάζουν σε τέλεια εγκατάλειψη, να τρέχουν αχαλίνωτες ν’ ακολουθήσουν την πρώτη σοφή ή ανόητη ιδέα που μου έρχεται στο μυαλό, όπως αυτοί οι ξεδιάντροποι νεαροί που τρέχουν πίσω από ένα κουτοκόριτσο με χαριτωμένο προσωπάκι ενώ το ξέρουν καλά πως θα την αφήσουν σε λιγάκι για κάποια άλλη. Έτσι είναι όλοι τους, κολλάνε στην κάθε μια αλλά πουθενά δεν στεριώνουν. Στη δική μου περίπτωση οι σκέψεις μου αντικαθιστούν τις πόρνες όλου του κόσμου.

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