“Veux-tu Regarder, Bourreau !” 1 : The Somanormative Dimensions of the Diderotian Citoyen 1 ? “Use your eyes, you wretch!” The quote is attributed by Diderot to the eighteenth century surgeon Jacques Daviel who, upon removing the cataracts of a blacksmith, beat and berated the man for remaining to favor his sense of touch above his newly acquired sense of sight (Addition to the Preceding Letter 144).