Who is this man, the chief editor of the Encyclopédie?

Would Wikipedia exist without Denis Diderot? Maybe not. The French editor of the Encyclopédie is credited with creating one of the Enlightenment's principal works, which was considered heretical by conservatives. As a liberal collection of the world's knowledge, Diderot hoped "to change the way people think" with the publication.

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