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"Paradoxe sur le comédien" written in 1770-1778 by the philosopher Denis Diderot, but was published in 1830 after his death where he describes the theory of acting were great actors do not experience the emotions they are displaying, or rather that an actor displays the illusion of feeling. The theory being that if one was to become emotional during a performance they would not be able to do a repeat the performance continually with the same success, that one must use their intelligence and not their emotions. Which is directly opposite to method acting. Further stating one should be able to give repeat performances successfully despite what might be going on in their personal life. Famously this is where the term "L'esprit de l'escalier" or the "the staircase mind" comes from. Which means thinking of a replay to something after the fact. He describes at the home of Jacques Necker a statesman, Diderot was left speechless after a comment was made to him. He writes "a sensitive man, such as myself, overwhelmed by the argument levelled against him, becomes confused and [can only think clearly again when he] finds himself at the bottom of the stairs" ("l'homme sensible, comme moi, tout entier à ce qu'on lui objecte, perd la tête et ne se retrouve qu'au bas de l'escalier")
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