1. Essai sur le Merite et la Vertu
2. Pensees Philosophiques
3. Les Bijoux Indiscrets
4. Lettre sur les Aveugles
5. Encyclopedie
6. Lettre sur les Sourds et Muets
7. Pensees sur l'Interpretation de la Nature
8. La Religieuse
9. Jacques Le Fataliste
10. Le Neveu de Rameau

He married Antoinette Champion in 1743. The romantic nature of the marriage was short-lived, likely due to conflicting general interests. They remained married, however, for the sake of their daughter, Angelique, the only child of three to survive. Web Gallery of Arts: Denis Diderot

Diderot had two mistresses over the course of his life--Madeleine de Puisieux and Sophie Volland. The latter remained his intellectual companion until her death in 1784. He died nine months later at the home provided him by Catherine the Great. Web Gallery of Arts: Denis Diderot

• "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."'Cambridge Encyclopedia: Denis Diderot - Life, Quotations, Bibliography
• "From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step."BrainyQuote: Denis Diderot
• "No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings."BrainyQuote: Denis Diderot
• "To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!"Wikiquote: Denis Diderot
• "We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves."Wikiquote: Denis Diderot
• "The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and ... people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion."Wikiquote: Denis Diderot