The role of thinkers and philosophers such as Voltaire, Diderotin, Rousseau, and Montesquieu in French Revolution included encouraging people to fight for their rights, and expressing the inefficiency of the monarch.
hum french revolution? you mean 1789 revolution?
They hella said that people had basic god-given rights. Down with feudal practices of inherited nobility, up with free will!
Those who were considered great thinkers in the Age of Enlightenment were people who were open to expanding their knowledge through science, and encouraging others to do the same. Some of the most influential enlightened thinkers were John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Frances Bacon, and Rene Descartes.
If you subscribe to the premise that the French Revolution was a grass roots movement by the people in the street, they would have had very limited effect because of literacy. (If the Third Estate was made up of 97 percent of the French population and 80 percent of the Third Estate were illiterate peasants, then about 75 percent of all Frenchmen and Frenchwomen had never heard of Enlightenment or of Philosophy and Philosophers.) For the man on the street it was all about hope for a better tomorrow and bread on the table today.If you choose to believe in a Top Down origin to the Revolution, then someone had to convince the great majority that they had certain basic human rights, and they would not have received such information from the Nobles or the Catholic Clergy.
Enlightenment thinkers, such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu, profoundly influenced the French Revolution by promoting ideas of reason, individual rights, and equality. Their critiques of absolute monarchy and advocacy for democratic governance inspired revolutionaries to challenge the existing social and political order. The emphasis on liberty, fraternity, and the social contract laid the intellectual groundwork for the revolution, motivating people to seek a more just and equitable society. Ultimately, these Enlightenment ideals fueled the revolutionary fervor that sought to dismantle the ancien régime in France.
hum french revolution? you mean 1789 revolution?
The enlightened thinkers i.e. the writers and philosophers were the one. When the political ,social and economic conditions in France decline the writers and philosophers evoked a new light of hope in the common masses with their writings which subsequently acted as an intellectual cause of french revolution. They condemnded the prevailing social system as well
the Enlightment thinkers
They hella said that people had basic god-given rights. Down with feudal practices of inherited nobility, up with free will!
voltaire,rousseau,montesquieu and diderot
The Philosophes were a group of writers and thinkers who formed the core of the French Enlightenment, which was one of the factors of the French Revolution.
The French philosophers played an active role in the events of the revolution, but their ideas inspired the revolutionary movement. The main philosophers were john locke, Rousseau, and Montesquieu.=Montesquieu proposed the idea of separation of powers, he believed, into 3 branches: legislative , executive and judicial. This inspired revolutionaries to demand this form of government in France==Rousseau believed that the ideal society would exist where there was no class distinction, no inequality, and everyone would work together towards ensuring the common good.==john lockewrote the "two treaties of government"=
The French term for the enlightened thinkers was "Les Philosophes."
It was the French Revolution and its aftermath that convinced Auguste Comte that society needed to be guided by thinkers who understood social laws. Comte was a French philosopher.
Those who were considered great thinkers in the Age of Enlightenment were people who were open to expanding their knowledge through science, and encouraging others to do the same. Some of the most influential enlightened thinkers were John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Frances Bacon, and Rene Descartes.
Various thinkers, philosophers, and political leaders were influenced by Enlightenment ideas, including Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. These ideas had a profound impact on the development of democratic principles, individual rights, and the concept of freedom in governance. The Enlightenment also played a key role in shaping revolutions such as the American Revolution and the French Revolution.
The French philosophers are Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau, Denis Diderot.