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Philosophes

The philosophes (French for 'philosophers') were the intellectuals of the 18th-century European Enlightenment. Few were primarily philosophers; rather, philosophes were public intellectuals who applied reason to the study of many areas of learning, including philosophy, history, science, politics, economics, and social issues. They had a critical eye and…

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related to Characterization · 20
Philosophes → Although, Between, Corsica, Enlightenment, French, French Enlightenment, German, Immanuel Kant, In, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Latin, Once, Philadelphia, Philosophe, Poland, Saint Petersburg, The, The Swiss, They, Voltaire
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Philosophes → Berlin, Boston, Buffon, Edinburgh, English, Enlightenment, French, Historian Peter Gay, Horace Walpole, Middle Ages, Naples, Paris, Philadelphia, Scholars, The
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Philosophes → An Interpretation, Ellen Judy Wilson, Encyclopedia, Enlightenment, ISBN, Modern Paganism, Peter, Peter Hans, Reill, The Enlightenment, The PhilosophesGay, The Rise

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