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Born October 5, 1713, in Langres, a small town in the middle of France, Denis Diderot was the son of an artisan cutler who expected him to rise above his humble beginnings.

Biography of Diderot - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

After graduating with honors from a Jesuit college in his hometown, Diderot moved to Paris to continue his studies at the Collège d’Harcourt and the Sorbonne. After college, he managed to make ends meet through his work as a translator, given his skill in various languages, particularly English. This work resulted in his first few major publications in the early 1740s, which started to draw a spotlight on his public persona while contributing little to his financial security.

Diderot met Rousseau in 1742, and together with Etienne Bonnot de Condillac joined his philosophe movement in an effort to gain public acclaim and patronage as intellectuals in Parisian society. In 1743, Diderot married and sired a daughter with Antoinette Champion. She was an equally poor woman whom he loved dearly, but his family back in L Denis Diderot - World History Encyclopedia TIK