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Baron de Montesquieu
Born: Jan 18 1689
Died: Feb 10 1755
He was born in southwest France. He went to the Catholic College of Juilly. He is famous for his theory of seperation powers. He is mostly responsible for the term feudalism. He believed that every event in history happen because of a previous movement. He said "chance is not ruling the world". He has many different letters and works including Lettres persanes and De l'esprit des lois. -
Voltaire
Born: Nov. 21 1694
Died: May 30 1778
He was born in Paris. He went to school at Collège Louis-le-Grand. He thought himself to be a deist. He doesn't like Jews. His famous quote was "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him" He is famous in France for fighting for freedom of religion. One of his works was Le Mondain. He also wrote between 50-60 plays. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Born on June 28 1712 in Geneva, Switzerland, philosopher, writer, and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau, made a huge impact on t of the 18th century. As a kid his family was middle class and therefore had the right to vote. When he was ten 10 his uncle sent him to boarding with a minister who taught him mathematics and drawing. In 1742 Rousseau moved to Paris to present the Academy of Science with a new system to read/write music. His idea was rejected but the academy encouraged him to do further h -
Denis Diderot
1713-1784
was born in Champagne, went to school at the jesuitic College in Langres. He earned a master of arts degree in philpsophy. His first work was the Essai sur le merite et las vertu. In his work, Pensees philosophiques, he attacked atheism. His fmaous Enlightment work is the Lettre sur les aveugles. He died in Paris in 1784. -
Marquis de Condorcet
17 september 1743 in France
Died- 28 march 1795 (50) in France
He was a Philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist
Married- sophoie de Condorcet
He explains the Condorcet method
Quote: “Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” -
Mary Wollstonecraft
She was born on april 27 1759. She was born in the city of Spitalsfield, London
She wrote "A vindication of the rights of women". This was one of her famous works. Her most famous quote was "The beginning is always today." Mary Wollstonecraft died in 1797
