Abstract

Diderot saw the words we should first think of his "Encyclopedia", a rare all-encompassing tool. His work spans fiction, drama, philosophy, science and other fields. We are trying to find through his writing his important form of humanistic context. Diderot in the "nuns" in the discussion of this novel is neither attacked the church, not ridicule the pious heroine, but the repeated violation of free will explore the human and social isolation of the anti-natural behavior, unusual people sick. Traditional social systems and even the inhuman detention will be labeled compliant, ethical label, so that individuals suffering from physical and mental torture. Diderot was as opposed to the traditional shackles and branded anti-religious social stigma. As soon as we see the name, Denis Diderot, the first thing that pops up to our mind should be Encyclopédie, a valuable comprehensive reference book. His works cover the fields of fiction, drama, philosophy and science. Through his important writings, we try to find the context in which his humanism was formed. Diderot's statement in the novel, La Religieuse, neither attacked the church nor mocked the heroine's religiousness; he just repeatedly explored how the unnatural act of isolating an individual from the society against his or her free will led to one's morbidity and abnormality. The institution of the traditional society even labeled such inhuman isolation as "normative" and "moral," inflicting physical and mental torments on the individual, while Diderot himself was branded as anti-religious due to his advocacy against the shackles of the traditional society