An important product of Enlightenment thought, this comprehensive encyclopedia compiled knowledge of science, art, and crafts with a rational and critical approach. The work, to which many thinkers of the period contributed, occasionally faced censorship because of its content questioning traditional authority, but it was effective in the spread of knowledge and ideas.
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Frequently asked questions
- What was Publication of the Encyclopédie?
- The first volume of the Encyclopédie, prepared under the leadership of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert, was published in 1751.
- When did Publication of the Encyclopédie happen?
- 1751 CE