Denis Diderot. a enlightenment french "philosophe." i found some stuff but its kinda vague...
thnx to those who help.
2007-03-01 11:59:51 · 4 answers · asked by <3pirate 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Diderot had a number of close relationships with women, which demonstrate some of his ideas and beliefs regarding women.
He wrote letters very regularly to his lifelong friend Sophie Volland over a period of many years. We still have those letters (they are still in print) and they clearly demonstrate his enjoyment of the company of women, his intellectually passionate interaction with women, and his treatment of women as equals.
Diderot was also close to his patron, Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great) of Russia. He stayed in her court in St Petersburg for some months and each afternoon they would engage in lively conversation on philosophy and similar subjects.
2007-03-01 12:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by violeta 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Denis Diderot Ideas
2016-11-09 20:56:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a great question. The only stuff I could find is basically inference. No hard and fast facts.
He married Antoinette Champion, a lower class and older woman. He had affairs with two other women. It seems as though Diderot took his aesthetic view of life into his relationships as well. Because he was willing to marry a woman of lower social class, he obviously did not believe in the same kind of materialist view of women many others in his day held. For Diderot, his women were not his possessions. They were his lovers...
He named his only child, a daughter, after his mother. He seems, in many respects, to be a typical (for our standards) guy and rather unconventional (to their standards) in his view of accepting women.
Not sure how he felt about their intellectual work, etc.
Great question.
2007-03-01 12:13:59 · answer #3 · answered by bluebelly83 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He liked them. ;)
Seriously, he had some very enlightened ideas about women. He felt we were hard put upon by men and in the piece I reference below he wishes that we were free and allowed a say in society, because he feels that we are fortunate to not have an organ other than our brains to follow around all day.
He recognizes the hardships women have and laments it.
2007-03-01 12:18:03 · answer #4 · answered by Monc 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋