"Ich unterhalte mich mit mir selbst von Politik, von Liebe, von Geschmack oder Philosophie, und überlasse meinen Geist seiner ganzen Leichtfertigkeit. Mag er doch die erste Idee verfolgen, die sich zeigt, sie sey weise oder thöricht. [...] Meine Gedanken sind meine Dirnen."
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Rameaus Neffe. Ein Dialog von Diderot. Aus dem Manuskript übersetzt und mit Anleitungen begleitet von Goethe. Leipzig 1805 S. 3 f., zeno.org.
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Denis Diderot
1713 – 1784
französischer Philosoph und Schriftsteller
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