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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean Jacques Rousseau was one of the most prominent philosophers and writers of the Enlightenment. He lived in a time when education was idealized as that which gives power.
Rousseau's general philosophy is centered on the fact that man is good by nature, but society enslaves and corrupts him. -
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The Enlightenment.
The Enlightenment was a period where European philosophers began to examine the world through reason, or human intellect, rather than religious faith.
The transefer to politics in the Enlightenment, mean criticism of the institutions of the Ancien Régime and especially, of the absolute monarchy. -
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The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other nations of Europe that faced supporters and opponents of the system known as the Ancien Régime.