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describe the role of the philosophers on French revolution ​

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What role did the philosophers play in the French Revolution?

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(i) The philosophers played an important role in the French Revolution. They inspired the common mass of France with their revolutionary ideas and prepared them to fight against injustices. 

(ii) They did not believe in the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the monarch. In his Two Treatises of Government John Locke refuted this doctrine strongly. 

(iii) Rousseau carried the idea forward proposing a form of government based on a social contract between people and their representatives. 

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The thinkers and philosophers like Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, John Locke etc played an important role in French revolution. They created awareness among people through their writings. They criticized the absolute powers of monarch. They encouraged people to fight for liberty and equal rights.

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