name the famous writers and philosophers who influenced the French Revolution briefly describe their ideas
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The philosophers who influenced the French revolution were highly intelligent people who were writers and scientists. They were Baron de Montesquieu, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot. They influenced the French Revolution quite well in the 18th century.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau – a French Swiss philosopher. His main idea was – man is naturally good and that society of civilisation makes man anxious and unhappy.
2. Mirabeau – he brought about a journal and delivered powerful speeches to the crowds at Versailles.
3. Voltaire – A famous French writer. He exposed the evils prevailing in the Church and administration. The numbers of the first two estates were the
(i) Clergy and
(ii) Nobility respectively.