The philosophes found the Renaissance and classic cultures appealing because it allowed men like Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot to roll with the times and express their ideas. ... He wrote on philosophy, science, music, and art, and wrote novels, essays, and dramatic pieces Rousseau's most important work is The Social Contract that describes the relationship of man with society. ... There is the first galaxy of artists- poets, painters, musicians, and theorists of art and society an outpouring of genius hard to match in any period for variety and numbers. ...

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