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It could be argued that the first French voice of Freedom belonged to Michel Eyquem de Montaigne. He was a 16th century philosopher who argued against blind conformity in the socio-political sphere and touched on the negative aspects of the overly dogmatic Catholic Church.

I would also say that Denis Diderot could be the next integral argumentist in favor of freedoms (of religion among others). In his work with Jean le Rond d'Alembert he created a collection of essays and articles on the arts, sciences, and politics, called Encyclopédie (not to be confused with the Encyclopedia), which would be later slated as having direct influence on the French Revolution.

Interestingly enough it was not the fathers of French philosophy who argued strongly for freedom of religion as many were devout Christian by nature and would usually argue against the theories of atheists. Most were more concerned with what I call "self-descriptive philsophies" which focused mostly on understanding ourselves as humanity rather than rights or entitlements of society.

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