Quote by Denis Diderot on Human Tendencies

„We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.“

Denis DiderotDenis Diderot reflects on the human tendency to adopt others' negative rather than positive traits.
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Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784) was a French Enlightenment philosopher, writer, encyclopedist, and literary and art theorist.

The quote addresses the human tendency to adopt the vices of others rather than their virtues.


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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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