THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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philosophe
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natural rights
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separation of power
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checks and balances
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Detailed explanation-1: -Philosophe is the French word for “philosopher, ” and was a word that the French Enlightenment thinkers usually applied to themselves. The philosophes, like many ancient philosophers, were public intellectuals dedicated to solving the real problems of the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -[filo ] feminine noun. (informal) (= philosophie) philosophy.
Detailed explanation-3: -philosophe masculine/feminine
Detailed explanation-4: -philosophe in American English 1. any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire. 2. a person who has only a superficial knowledge of philosophy or who feigns a knowledge he or she does not possess; a philosophaster.