Question

What phrase describes the contribution of denis Diderot to the enlightenment

Answer 1

He co-founded and edited a universal encyclopedia titled Encyclopédie

Step-by-step explanation:

Diderot co-founded and edited an enormous project. This was a universal encyclopedia, with entries on science, the arts, government, religion, and philosophy. The Encyclopédie, as it was known in French, took more than 20 years to produce. When it was finished, in 1772, it contained 28 volumes, 75,000 entries, and about 20 million words. The Encyclopédie was the Enlightenment forerunner of the Encyclopedia Britannica and of today's Wikipedia.

Answer 2

Diderot's main contribution to the Enlightenment was to become the editor of the encyclopedia on it and it included the works of many Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire and David Hume and Adam Smith. Enlightenment thinkers believed in the importance of reason and rationality in human thought.