Brief introduction of Diderot: Denis Diderot (171310.05—1784.07), born in Langle, is a French enlightenment thinker, materialist philosopher, writer and representative of the encyclopedia school, and graduated from the University of Paris, France. His enthusiasm and tenacity made him the leader of the Encyclopedia School. At the same time, he wrote Interpretation of Nature and Dialogue between D'Alembert and Diderot.
Background of the original sentence: This sentence comes from Diderot's famous encyclopedia. This book tells that in epistemology, Diderot emphasized the theory of sensation, and thought that what appeared in reason must first come from perceptual perception. He refuted transcendentalism and pure speculative metaphysics from the origin of knowledge. It advocates that the two tracks of sensibility and rationality complement each other and jointly promote human understanding.