The effect of the Enlightenment on the French Revolution has created a debate which will not be resolved soon. ... However the philosophers of the Enlightenment and their ideas did not, in themselves, incite the revolution. Indeed when we examine many of the philosophers of the time we see a mixed bag of people and ideas. ... However, unlike these, the Enlightenment did not push the people to revolt. There is no denying that the ideas of the philosophers of the time lent themselves to the change of statues quo, but they themselves did not advocate such immediate change. ...

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The Enlightenment encouraged several revolutions and helped governments. ... Many philosophers fought over it. ... Galileo Galilel, an Italian Philosopher, made several discoveries that conflicted with the church. ... The people of France now had religious freedom, mostly because of Galileo's discoveries and other philosopher's breakthroughs. ... The Enlightenment influenced revolutions across the world. ...

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Throughout these three phases, the philosophers of the enlightenment from chapter eighteen are represented in influencing the French revolution. These philosophers, including Locke, Smith, Wollstonecraft, Rousseau, and Montesquieu, proved as a guiding force through the best and worst parts of the French revolution. ... To solve the financial crisis, the works of the Scottish philosopher, Adam Smith, is represented and had to be used. ... The French revolution came about because the ideas of the philosophers from the enlightenment were shown through the changes from the old regime to how Fran...

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Voltaire, a French philosopher who produced an age of enlightenment for his era of the mid 1700's, His piece titled Candide, brought together full coincidences and disasters. ... Voltaire's thought on war reflect his liberal thought on thinkers, like philosophers who preceded him; Voltaire contributions to the enlightenment age does not depend on his originality or lack of it. His ideas merit examination because he was one of the most philosophers of his time. ...

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The enlightenment was a great time of change in both Europe and America. Some of the biggest changes, however, happened in the minds of many and in the writings of many philosophers. ... Denis Diderot was one of, if not the, leading thinkers of the period of enlightenment. ... Diderot's Encyclopedia did just that in many ways, he altered traditional ways of thought and inspired new schools of thought for philosophers that were to follow him. ... During the age of Enlightenment their were many men who possessed insightful ideas of how to better society, and how society was composed...

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One cause of the Revolution was the ideas of the enlightenment and the ease of distribution of the written word. The Enlightenment was an intellectual revolution that rewarded the ideas of ambitiousness and cosmopolitanism. ... In France, more and more people were reading the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers and philosophes and agreed with the ideas. ... Along with the Enlightenment the American Revolution influenced the French Revolution. Using ideas of the Enlightenment the American Revolution set up a government based on equality. ...

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France then tried to adopt and follow the ways of the British, even going as far to take social and political ideas from their philosophers into their period of Enlightenment. French philosopher Voltaire said it best when he described the feelings of the people of France leading up to the Revolution as a "civil war in every soul". ... There emerged a revolutionary ideology that came not from revolutionaries or philosophers, but from those of the ruling class, who would share their thoughts and ideas in the Paris salons. ...

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The idea of natural rights, or the universal privileges given to all men, grew in popularity after the Enlightenment era. The philosopher, John Locke, argued that it is the government's soul duty role to protect its peoples' rights to Liberty, Life, and private property. ...

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The Enlightenment, an intellectual movement in late 17th and 18th century Europe, taught society to put faith in the logic of man and his reasoning. ... Philosophers taught to challenge all conventional standards (Hampson 47). The Enlightenment spread to France from northern Europe and created writers such as Voltaire and Diderot questioned every officials authority (Kirchberger x). ...

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Absolutism seemed, to political philosophers like Hobbes and Bodin, the only workable solution to the religious divisions that exposed people to such anarchy as to render everyday human life impossible. ... Enlightened despots/enlightened absolutists: rulers who claimed to use their power to improve the lives of their subjects by employing the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers. ... Although she often spoke in terms of the French philosophers who saw the enserfment of fellow humans as a blot on civilization, Catherine took no effective action to end serfdom or soften its rigors. ...

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Many philosophers over the years, like Marx, have studied this event, and tried to conclude why it was so violent. ... With the development of the Enlightenment in Europe, many people started to reject the ideas of an Absolute Monarchy. ... France continued to be reformed even after the revolution and was a subject of great debate for many philosophers. ... After the French Revolution, philosophers started creating Historiographies of the revolution and tried to determine why the Revolution occurred. ...

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John Locke was among the most influential political philosophers of the Enlightenment period. He opposed the absolute authority of the state and the church; he felt that individuals should rely on themselves to make important decisions rather than having decisions imposed on them. An ideal governmen...

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Causes of French Revolution Although the beginning of the French Revolution cannot be pin pointed to one specific event that took place, there were many problems that provoked the people of France to fight for their independence. To list all of the causes would be utter chaos so I decided ...

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Interpretations of the French Revolution: Historiographically, The French Revolution has been interpreted by three main views: The Views of Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism. The Socialistic interpretation has been the most dominant interpretation of the French Revolution because it best expl...

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The way was prepared for the beginning of modern history. 9 History in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries The historians of the Enlightenment wrote broad accounts of social and cultural epochs. ...

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In response to the new thinking that was sparked by the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution and other changes in society, bloody and peaceful revolutions took place all over Europe. ... This document showed the romantic views of French-Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the Enlightenment's rationalism. ... A child of the Enlightenment and advanced in the ranks by the revolution, Napoleon strove to create a meritocracy, a domestic system based on skill and talent rather than artificial and inherited worth like the aristocracy. ... Before the French R...

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Contrary to common belief, women were important contributors to the popular movement during the French Revolution. They staged demonstrations and food riots, presented petitions to the National Assembly, and brought the royal family back to the governmental capital. They agitated ceaselessly for ...

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