Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
Denis DiderotAbout author
- Author's profession: Editor, Writer
- Nationality: french
- Born: October 5, 1713
- Died: July 31, 1784
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