Denis Diderot on Truth and Lie

„We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.“

Denis DiderotDenis Diderot reveals how we prefer to swallow flattering lies rather than accept bitter truths.
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Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784) was a French Enlightenment philosopher, writer, encyclopedist, and literary and art theorist.

This insight from Denis Diderot shows how we tend to accept comforting lies and avoid uncomfortable truths.


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Denis Diderot was a leading figure of the French Enlightenment. He is best known as the chief editor of the Encyclopédie, one of the most important works of the 18th century, and as a significant philosopher advocating reason, science, and skepticism towards dogma.

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"For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." John F. Kennedy
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