Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Diderot

In the backdrop are the two towers of the Cathédrale Saint-Mammès. To the very left the statue of Denis Diderot, the most notable person, that ever came from Langres. Diderot was a philosopher, scientist, writer and co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean d'Alembert. Denis Diderot was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment. It seems like his family by now runs the boulangerie to the right.

Count Marc-Pierre d’Argenson lived here, after he was dismissed by Louis XV and exiled from Paris in 1757. He was a friend of Voltaire and strong supporter of the "Encyclopédistes". Diderot and d’Alembert dedicated the first volume of the "Encyclopédie" to him. Only about 10kms east of Les Ormes philosopher and mathematician René Descartes ("Cogito ergo sum") was born in 1596. La Haye en Touraine was the name of the town at that time. Meanwhile it is renamed to Descartes.