... valid principles harmoniously governing nature, humanity, and society, including the theory of the inalienable Rights of Man' that became their fundamental ethical and social gospel (Columbia). 2. The philosophes found the Renaissance and classic cultures appealing because it allowed men like Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot to roll with the times and express their ideas. Voltaire was able to concentrate on two ... ...

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