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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Denis Diderot
Born: October 5, 1713
Died: July 31, 1784 (aged 70)
Bio: Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert.
Known for:
- Encyclopédie (1751)
- Memoirs of a Nun
- Rameau's Nephew
- Jacques the Fatalist
- Supplément au voyage de Bougainville (1772)
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