Comments on: 5.1 Diderot’s confession http://realsteveholmes.com/480/diderots-confession NO TEACHER · NO METHOD · NO GURU · NO PERSONAL COACH · NO MYERS BRIGGS Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:03:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cora http://realsteveholmes.com/480/diderots-confession/comment-page-1#comment-219 Cora Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:55:44 +0000 http://realsteveholmes.com/?p=480#comment-219 After his imprisonment Diderot never published books nor articles with a critical tone. He did write them though, but he did not publish them. He kept his opinion in the drawer. A lot of his work has been published only after his death. After his imprisonment Diderot never published books nor articles with a critical tone. He did write them though, but he did not publish them. He kept his opinion in the drawer. A lot of his work has been published only after his death.

]]> By: jeremy_dent http://realsteveholmes.com/480/diderots-confession/comment-page-1#comment-218 jeremy_dent Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:18:17 +0000 http://realsteveholmes.com/?p=480#comment-218 Confessing was one thing. Promising that what he had written would be his last either compromised his integrity or, perhaps, he really didn't write anything else in the same vein? Confessing was one thing. Promising that what he had written would be his last either compromised his integrity or, perhaps, he really didn’t write anything else in the same vein?

]]> By: Stan Wright http://realsteveholmes.com/480/diderots-confession/comment-page-1#comment-217 Stan Wright Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:15:04 +0000 http://realsteveholmes.com/?p=480#comment-217 Perhaps Diderot wasn’t so much a coward as a realist; his confession as far as I am aware would only have an influence on what happened to him and not others. If this is the case then deciding on whether or not to confess would be more about a negotiation with those in authority as to what would happen to him given the two scenarios of confession or denial. Clearly 3 months all though not very nice in the tower wasn’t that long in the scheme of things and one would imagine that he would have probably known the length of sentence given that he confessed. I just wonder what Diderot would have done had is confession had a detrimental effect on others and not just himself; that is what would defines whether or not Diderot was a coward. Stan Perhaps Diderot wasn’t so much a coward as a realist; his confession as far as I am aware would only have an influence on what happened to him and not others. If this is the case then deciding on whether or not to confess would be more about a negotiation with those in authority as to what would happen to him given the two scenarios of confession or denial.

Clearly 3 months all though not very nice in the tower wasn’t that long in the scheme of things and one would imagine that he would have probably known the length of sentence given that he confessed.

I just wonder what Diderot would have done had is confession had a detrimental effect on others and not just himself; that is what would defines whether or not Diderot was a coward.

Stan

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