Who said “We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings…”?

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Denis Diderot. A published source records them saying or writing it.

Source“Conversation Between D’Alembert and Diderot”

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“We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.”
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Diderot, D. (n.d.). We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/37643-we-are-all-instruments-endowed-with-feeling-and/

MLA

Diderot, Denis. “We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/37643-we-are-all-instruments-endowed-with-feeling-and/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Diderot, Denis. “We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/37643-we-are-all-instruments-endowed-with-feeling-and/.