The 10 Most Valuable Record Covers. The Beatles Butcher cover. I know some of you reading this will find it hard to believe, but once upon a time the cover of a vinyl record was a major selling point to the album. Sometimes people actually took a chance on a record because the cover was so cool, never happens today.
Marquis de Condorcet (1743). Marquis de Condorcet. It was on this date, September 17, 1743, that French mathematician and political philosopher Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, was born in Ribemont, Picardy, France.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Denis Diderot (French: [dÉni didÊo]; 5 October 1713 â 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. He was a known figure during the Enlightenment. He is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor and contributor to the EncyclopÃ©die along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. Diderot died from pulmonary thrombosis in Paris, aged 70. â Jacques Smietanski, Le RÃ©alisme dans Jacques le Fataliste (Paris: Nizet, 1965).