Weekly  interview :

As usually, this week we have the honor to show our readers an exclusive interview with one of the most important person at the moment.

Today,we show you our interview with the French writer,teacher and Enlightenment philosopher, Denis Diderot.

Born in 1713 and with more of than 30 books written (The Encyclopédie,Philosophical Thoughts and Jacques the fatalistic among the most famous),he is one of the most important figures in the Enlightenment.  We asked him about several topics:

Interviewer: Denis,we know that Philosophical Thoughts was your first published book but,did you write any before? What was PT about? By the way,we are glad to have you here today.

Denis:Thank you,I’m also glad to be here.  About the books…well,I didn’t write an earlier book itself,but I made projects like the translation of Greece’s history  with two friends. And talking about Philosophical Thoughts…I wrote about my deistic philosophy,which is probably the reason why the Paris’ parliament forbade it.

I: When did you started writing? Which are the main ideas defended in your books?

D: Well… I started writing when I moved to France, y wrote for some newspapers ¡Like you! And I also worked as translator. About my books, I’d say that the basic ideas defended in my books are usually the importance of technology and science for progress and the criticism of how the church has too much influence over the society.

I: We heard that you could have been someone important in the clergy but that you decided to study in the university instead,what did you study? Has it been useful to you?

D: Yes,you are right. I studied to be a teacher in mathematics,latin,greek and modern languages,which was obviously useful as it allowed me to work as a teacher with 19 years and gave the chance to translate many books, including the Encycopédie. I also prefered to marry with Anne-Antoinette and have a daughter.

I: Wow,that’s a lot,actually. Can you tell us about the Enciclopédie? It must have been a really tiring work to make,did you write alone? How did you came out with the idea? Did you have any serious problems?

D: Well,it was,but hopefully I didn’t make it my own,the project could not work without the help of Jean le Ron D’Alembert . Other philosophers like Montesquieu and Voltaire also helped us. It all started when  Ephraim Chambers offered me to edit a French version of the English encyclopedie. We made about 29 volumes,but it took us so long to make it as when we only had 10 volumes the Conseil du Roi banned the publication of our work. We obviously kept writing it though. In fact,we worked on it since 1751 to 1772. We are very proud of it,obviously.

I: Oh,that’s bad,I’m glad you finally made it through to publish it!  We have to tell you,though,that the interview is coming to the end,but before that,we have an important and maybe weird question to ask you… Do you believe in the idea of outer live? Beside the known territories.

D: Oh,well. That’s a hard question. I’d not say no because if an environment has the basics for life to grow up it can be possible. So yes,maybe.

I: And finally, I need to ask you this, Why did you sold your library?

D:Well… To tell the truth I needed some money to give my daughter a good marriage dote.

I: Interesting… Thank you so much for giving us a small part of your time!

D: Thank you too for being interested in me, I can’t wait to read the interview.