Diderot Comparison

During the Eighteenth Century, Diderot was a highly intelligent man, especially when it came to his work on Encyclopedie or any of his works. This work of his was a powerful weapon that always revealed the truth and nothing but the truth. He always expressed his ideas of the Enlightenment, so that people would ponder and join him in the struggle for social and political change. In my analysis of his two works “To Adore” and “The Slave Trade” which I will compare and contrast these topics and how they were viewed as a society then and now. It will be shown on how Diderot has had many critics on his works but how he had overcome it in the way of writing. In the first place, there will always be critics no matter who you are and what you do
Here Diderot did not deny God’s existence, however he associated Him with reason and freedom. He wrote, ‘The manner of adoring the true God ought never to deviate from reason…He has desired it to be used even in the judgment of what is suitable to do or not to do in respect to Him.’ (Diderot 144). Diderot indicated that reason was to be used by everyone no matter what. According to what the article had said, everyone has the right to decide whether to believe in God or not believe in him. Not one person should be persecuted or prejudiced because of their choice in the matter. Diderot was very persistent in how he viewed these matters, he never once did deny the existence of God but instead associated this image of God with something they all need. Reason and freedom were very important then and are still very important to this day. Even today there are people whom don’t believe in the existence of God, but that doesn’t mean they should be judged on their choice in this matter. Diderot wanted people to know that even though they may have not believed in God that they still had the right to believe in what they did and their choices. Denis Diderot also invited society to ask questions they were never asked before: Does God Exist? What was he meaning of government and religion? Which is the true voice of humanity, the persecutor who strikes or
He had accused contemporary legal and clerical institutions for being responsible for the atrocities and abuses. He asked them to take action on the matter; I saw examples of inhumanity… Therefore I invite those who are charged with taking care of disorders that occur in society to keep an eye on this one (Diderot 141). He was strongly opposed to slavery and did not doubt to include an article on the subject of his work: ‘The Slave Trade.’ Even though Diderot addressed the issue to the ‘Negro’ population, he had tried to make society think of human kind in general before going into the nationality of the person themselves. He denounced the crimes against a human being that deserved and had a right to enjoy his freedom no matter what color may be on their skin. There is not, he wrote, therefore, a single one of these unfortunate people regarded only as slave who does not have the right to be declare free… since he is their fellow man. (Diderot