Question

elabrote on the idea of philosphers during the 17th and 18th century in france class 9

Answer 1

Explanation:

During 18 th century , France had many revolutionary thinkers.Among them were Voltaire , Rousseau , Montesquieu and Dederot .

1)Their revolutionary ideas helped the people to fight for their rights .

(2) They exposed the inefficiency of the monarch and and his government.

(3)Voltaire's ideas encouraged people to fight against the privileges and finance of the Church without guilt.

4) John Locke propounded the ideas refuting divinity and absolute rights of monarch

Answer 2

Required Answer:-

These were the ideas which were brought by the philosopher's on the basis of a society based on freedom and equal laws. Some of the most prominent names are:

$\large{ \underline{ \underline{ \bf{John \: Locke}}}}$

• In his book, the two treatises of government, he sought to refute the doctrine of divine and the absolute power or right of the monarch.

$\large{ \underline{ \underline{ \bf{Jean \: jacques \: rousseau}}}}$

• He gave a social contract and proposed that the form of government should be formed by the social contract between people and their leaders (representatives).

• He was also a composer, music theorist, a autobiographist, novelist and a botanist.

$\large{ \underline{ \underline{ \bf{Montesquieu}}}}$

• In Spirit of the laws, he proposed the horizontal division of power between the legislative, executive and judiciary.

• This was first adopted by the US.

These philosophers came with emerging ideas of naction states and wer successful in making the people aware of their basic rights.