To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, lig… - Denis Diderot

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To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.

Denis Diderot

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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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To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him. - Denis Diderot

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