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This 3 page paper argues that the French Revolution drew on Enlightenment Principles; that it was successful; and that it transformed French and European society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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This paper considers how the concepts of reason, natural law, progress and individualism, which are hallmarks of the Enlightenment, were expressed in the French Revolution, and specifically, how Voltaire expressed
them in his play Candide. We also want to consider whether or not the French Revolution was successful and what the consequences were for European society. Discussion The Enlightenment is
the name given to the period in Western history, usually considered to be the 17th and 18th centuries, in which philosophers began to consider reason as the most important characteristic
of man. They turned against the religion of the time, which they considered to be superstitious nonsense, and embraced science as the most the best way to find answers to
the problems of mankind. Naturally, those who espoused this viewpoint made themselves extremely unpopular with the Roman Catholic Church, which was one of the most powerful institutions in the world
at the time. The man who "personifies" The Enlightenment is Voltaire, whose philosophy is "based on skepticism and rationalism" (Voltaire, Fran?ois Marie Arouet de, 2005). He felt that "Christianity was
a good thing for chambermaids and tailors to believe in, but for the use of the elite he advocated a simple deism" (Voltaire, Fran?ois Marie Arouet de, 2005). One of
his most famous sayings is "If God did not exist, he would have to be invented," which we can interpret to mean that man tends to look outside himself for
explanations and when he cant find them, he makes them up. Voltaires "celebrated slogan, ?crasez linf?me! [crush the infamous thing!], has been interpreted as addressed either against the church or
against the ancien r?gime in general" (Voltaire, Fran?ois Marie Arouet de, 2005). If we consider Voltaire to be the prime figure of The Enlightenment, then we would expect his
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