how did people considered liberty and modern in French Revolution
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The French Revolution is commonly seen as an example of rebellion against tyranny, and it’s mentioned in every history book as a victory for freedom. The revolt against the Ancien Régime and the effective step forward of the Third Estate into the political life, reminds all of us of our history lectures during primary or secondary school, which promoted the marxist doctrine of the oppressor versus the oppressed; thus dividing the situation into only two factions. Thanks to this effective marketing, the French Revolution has been getting more credit than it truly deserves, while other revolutions that were less violent, more effective in reaching their objectives, and had a more solid, developed and fair ideological basis, get shoved into the background.
The French Revolution is celebrated as a triumph of Enlightenment thought, developed by great philosophers such as Voltaire, Rousseau, Hume, Franklin or Jefferson, who, through rationalism, wanted to suppress ignorance and combat tyranny. They wanted to build a more just and peaceful world, respecting certain unalienable rights of all human beings, and the French Revolution is considered the peak of the ideas of (among others) Locke’s, Smith’s or Bentham’s liberalism. But this vision probably suits the American Revolution better than the French one.
The French Revolution is celebrated as a triumph of Enlightenment thought, developed by great philosophers such as Voltaire, Rousseau, Hume, Franklin or Jefferson, who, through rationalism, wanted to suppress ignorance and combat tyranny. They wanted to build a more just and peaceful world, respecting certain unalienable rights of all human beings, and the French Revolution is considered the peak of the ideas of (among others) Locke’s, Smith’s or Bentham’s liberalism. But this vision probably suits the American Revolution better than the French one.
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