THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Diderot
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Rousseau
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Encyclopédie, Ou Dictionnaire Raisonné Des Sciences, Des Arts Et Des Métiers, often referred to simply as Encyclopédie or Diderot’s Encyclopedia, is a twenty-eight volume reference book published between 1751 and 1772 by André Le Breton and edited by translator and philosopher Denis Diderot.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first volume of plates of the Encyclopedie, a project edited primarily by Denis Diderot, includes a series of thirty-nine illustrations on the subject of military art.
Detailed explanation-3: -Before there was Wikipedia, there were encyclopedias-and Saturday marks the 300th birthday of the father of one of the world’s most important. Eighteenth-century French philosopher Denis Diderot was the driving force behind the Encyclopédie, one of the first compendiums of human knowledge of its time.
Detailed explanation-4: -Q: What was the impact of Diderot’s encyclopedia? Diderot’s encyclopedia lit the flame of Enlightenment among its readers. It inspired them to question authority and dare to learn more.