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Denis Diderot

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

Denis Diderot

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Diderot is saying that if superstition takes over and makes people lose their sharpness and passion as they grow older, it will ruin creativity and quality in arts like poetry, painting, and music. He believes that true artistic excellence depends on a clear, lively mind, not on blind beliefs that dull our senses.

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