• The Encyclopédistes (French: [ɑ̃siklɔpedist]) (also known in British English as Encyclopaedists, or in U.S. English as Encyclopedists) were members of...
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    Western society. In the 18th century, writers such as Voltaire and the Encyclopédistes wrote biting critiques of both religion and the Catholic Church. One...
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    December 1799) was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement. He was born of poor parents at Bort, Limousin (today in Corrèze)...
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    Counter-Enlightenment Critical thinking Deism Democracy Empiricism Encyclopédistes Enlightened absolutism Haskalah Humanism Human rights Individualism...
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    the Age of Enlightenment, in particular Denis Diderot and the other Encyclopédistes. The first edition of Bayle's dictionary, published in 1697, comprised...
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    Geoffrin played host to many of the most influential Philosophes and Encyclopédistes of her time. Her association with several prominent dignitaries and...
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