Portrait in two mirrors

(This chapter is all about historical facts~)

Considering that audience friends don't know much about the main creators of the TV station, we specially ask everyone to briefly introduce themselves.

“我的名字是夏尔-德-塞孔达，（狄德罗：“这个名字老是让我想到孔多塞1啊老孟”）当然我更为大家熟知的名字是孟德斯鸠男爵。是的，我来自尊贵的家族，我是人人敬仰的圆顶大法官（狄德罗：“你这话要深深地伤害小卢梭这样的小平民啊老孟”）。我出生于1689年1月18日，逝世于1755年2月10日，然而今天是2014年2月17日（喂）。我的国籍是法国，我的家乡是波尔多2。我目前的表观年龄是35岁。我身高和体重是……”

"This won't work! Lao Meng! It's like checking the household registration!" Diderot interrupted Montesquieu's introduction unhappily. "You should say this: from a noble family in Bordeaux, France, came a leader of the Enlightenment movement, he is the founder of the bourgeois state theory and legal theory, he is Charles de Secunda, Baron Montesquieu .His masterpiece is "On the Spirit of Laws". As his junior, I, Diderot, still deeply remember that sad day in 1755, when I attended the funeral of Baron Montesquieu. no light..."

"I know you attended my funeral...Dennis...you have told me countless times..." Montesquieu was very sad.He cleared his throat, and said in his usual serious tone before, "Some people say that I am too serious, but is this true? If I am too serious, then why does everyone fall in love with me as soon as they see me?" What about 4?"

"That's because you're so serious that it's so funny!!!!" Diderot slapped his thighs and laughed so hard.

I saw Montesquieu swung again, and a round table flew over with a perfect 45-degree oblique parabola.

"Okay, considering that our first episode had irreparable consequences due to some unforeseen accidents between the director (Diderot) and the interviewee our lights (Montesquieu), now I am the host Voltaire the man to finish.--Cut the scene quickly (D'Alembert hastened it up)--Play ancient Roman music quickly (D'Alembert set it up again)--(affectionately) When you see a Serious face, with the calmness and angularity of an ancient Roman gladiator, with neat short brown curly hair, uh, when a 35-year-old middle-aged man (?) comes to you, you will be overwhelmed by his conversation full of regulations and legal principles Convinced. Mr. Montesquieu is our ancestor, with the legacy of ancient Greece and Rome, he likes to wear ancient Greek robes and clothing, yes, it is a long piece of cloth... really a piece of cloth 5... (Hey It's not true, Voltaire!)"

"Although the (apparent) age is only 28 years old, the brown hair is already sparse, and there are not many oval-faced boys left. He loves painting and food, and has a humorous nature. Unfortunately, he was seriously injured when he was hit by a table just now. This is the French materialism in the 18th century. Philosopher, esthetician, writer, representative of Encyclopedia, and the compiler of the first French "Encyclopedia" Denis Diderot..." Voltaire glanced worriedly at Diderot, who fell to the ground and was unconscious Diderot, like me, loved Chinese culture very much during his lifetime. Unlike Lao Meng, who smashed him, who was a critic of China, we are representatives of the 18th century Song of China... Diderot was a very fond of teasing and A joker, even his masterpiece "The Nun" originated from the fact that he and his friends played tricks on a kind Marquis and pretended to be an unfortunate nun to complain to him..."

"Thanks to the healing ability of being RHUMA, I got up from the pool of blood again..." Diderot sat on the ground depressed, and then continued, "My birthday is October 10 (5), everyone Remember to give me a birthday present on this day~ As a materialistic iron warrior, I only need good food, not too many luxurious and complicated things~ Also, on this tragic day of July 1713, 1784, I only ate yellow apricots, and I passed away before I could eat the boiled cherries I wanted... Sigh... When I think of boiled cherries, I am so sad..."

"Please don't say everything about food... Denis..." Voltaire interrupted the hurt Diderot.

"Oh, you old bandit by the river, don't say that~ food is the center and key of materialism!"

"Oh, by the way, audience friends, he likes to call me the old bandit by the river..."

"Now it's time for D'Alembert to introduce himself!"

"Oh, everyone, I'm D'Alembert (apparent age 25 years old), I really like mathematics, I'm still thinking about my math problem just now, my introduction is over, can I go back to doing mathematics now?"

"..."

"Oh, I was wrong...François...I am different from the rest of the group. I am a mathematician, a physicist and an astronomer. Dennis invited me to write an encyclopedia because of my background in science. It can complement him~ My full name is Jean-LeRond D'Alembert (JeanLeRondD'Alembert). Audiences who know French should think my name is strange (rond means circle in French), but it is actually Because I was a foundling... I was born in Paris, France, on November 1717, 11, the illegitimate son of a socialite and a knight, and as soon as I was born my mother threw me on the steps of the Jean-LeRond church... After that I was killed by a family Adopted by a family of carpenters named D'Alembert...so my name is the name of the church that found me...'

"Oh...it's so tragic..." Voltaire said sadly, "You see, our camera is so full of tears that we can't continue filming...well, I should not have to introduce myself anymore Well... and our camera has been moved to the point where we can't introduce ourselves... this is the end of this episode, viewers, see you next time!"

(It's better not to say goodbye to this kind of show)

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1 Condorcet (1743~1794) was also an encyclopedic thinker, a good friend and colleague of Lavoisier (this is true!).

2 Bordeaux is a famous red wine producing area in France~ Lafite is produced there!

3 Historically, the only intersection between Diderot and Montesquieu seems to be that Diderot attended Montesquieu's funeral. . .

4 "Everyone who sees Montesquieu will fall in love with him", this sentence comes from the entry of Montesquieu in the English version of Wikipedia. (seen by the author)

5 From Montesquieu's portrait, his clothing seems really strange (robes).

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