Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Diderot” in entry 1598 of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...h systematic popular education to accomplish this diffusion. The progress of popular education and the progress of democracy have been inseparable. The publication of their great encyclopaedia by Diderot and his associates in France in the last century, was the sure sign of the change that was setting in. Learning was turning its face away from the studious few towards the curious many. The intelle...
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Denis Diderot 8 0 0 0 0 user votes

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