Philosophical Thoughts by Denis Diderot. Short summary

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Diderot speculates on the subject of religion. According to him, excessive service to the Church deprives man of all natural feelings. He adds that people cease to be such.

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The writer reflects on a religious theme.

The author believes that too insistent adherence to the relevant canons destroys all those feelings of the individual with which the latter has been endowed by nature since its birth. In addition, Diderot argues that such persons cease to be human and, at the same time, are transformed into statues. He believes that at such moments they are guided by the good intention of becoming true Christians.

The writer says that the Lord is portrayed as a being who is characterized by vindictiveness as well as anger. The author believes that even the most honest, disembodied shell sincerely wishes that such a divine entity had never existed. Diderot thinks that members of the human race would live relatively peacefully in our universe if they had sufficient confidence that nothing would threaten them in another world.He adds that the thought of the absence of a Creator has not yet frightened anyone.