French Enlightenment
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The French Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in France characterized by figures like Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot, who championed reason, secularism, and political and social reform, laying ideological foundations for the French Revolution.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical period
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intellectual movement → philosophical movement → |
| aimedAt |
reform of education
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reform of legal system → reform of political institutions → reform of religious institutions → |
| coreValue |
critique of absolute monarchy
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critique of religious authority → individual liberty → progress → rationalism → reason → secularism → social reform → tolerance → |
| country |
France
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| field |
economics
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literature → philosophy → political theory → religious criticism → science → |
| hasConcept |
freedom of expression
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general will → natural rights → popular sovereignty → religious toleration → separation of powers → social contract → |
| hasMainProponent |
Baron d’Holbach
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Condorcet → Denis Diderot → Helvétius → Jean d’Alembert → Jean-Jacques Rousseau → Montesquieu → Pierre Bayle → Voltaire → Étienne Bonnot de Condillac → |
| hasWork |
Candide
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Encyclopédie → Letters Concerning the English Nation → The Social Contract → The Spirit of the Laws → Émile, or On Education → |
| influenced |
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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French Revolution → human rights discourse → modern liberalism → republicanism in France → secularism in France → |
| influencedBy |
English Enlightenment
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Isaac Newton → John Locke → René Descartes → Scientific Revolution → |
| language |
French
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| location |
Paris
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| partOf |
Age of Enlightenment
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| startTime |
18th century
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| usedMedium |
literary satire
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pamphlets → philosophical treatises → salons → |