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- Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what ...
5: ... [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the e...
10: ...dash;1748) and about the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ''Inquiry Concerning...
14: ...ing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any su...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy for the authorit... - Bastille Day (3807 bytes)
1: ... Republic (France)|First Republic]], during the [[French Revolution]].
4: ...ded to break away and form a [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]].
6: ...ere jailed by arbitrary decision of the King (''[[lettre de cachet]]''). The Bastille was, in particular, ...
8: ...rageous French patriots storming the Bastille and freeing hundreds of oppressed peasants. However, it...
17: ...the Paris Fire Brigade (which, as an exception in France, is under military status). - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
3: [[Image:Voltaire.jpg|frame|Voltaire]]
4: ...y the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was a [[France|French]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] ...
8: ...his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ...nism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...cedil;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a faculty for ...
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