Denis Diderot: The Prominent Figure Of The Enlightenment
Denis Diderot, the prominent figure of the Enlightenment, was a French philosopher, an artist, and a writer. Diderot compiled many of the ideas spread around during the Enlightenment into one book, the Encylopedie. Diderot was one of the key figures of the Enlightenment which occurred during the 18th century. On July 24, 1749, Diderot was arrested and placed in solitary confinement in the Vincennes. On November 3, 1749 he was released from the Vincennes. He was arrested because the government was receiving resentment toward the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and the government decided to imprison Diderot. Two years later Diderot and his co-editor were hired to translate an English Encyclopedia, when they finished, they renamed it the Encyclopedie.