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W3DQ_Western Civilisation II

W3DQ_Western Civilisation II

Q For your first post, choose any one of the following Englightenment/Age of Reason philosophers/writers. Explain where they were born and died, who they were and why they are considered part of the Enlightenment. What did they write and what, briefly was it about? Are any of their ideas still useful or used today? Then reply to at least two of your classmate´s posts. Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) Baron Charles Montesqieu (1689-1755) Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) Francois Voltaire (1694-1778) David Hume (1711-1776) Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Denis Diderot (1713-1784) Adam Smith (1723-1790) Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Catherine Macaulay (1731-1191) Thomas Paine (1737-1809) Cesare Beccarra (1738-1794) Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

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Baron Charles Montesquieu was a French judge and philosopher from the age of Enlightenment. He was born on January 18 in La Brede, France and he is known for his extraordinary contributions in the political and philosophical field of studies. He died on February 10, 1755, at Paris in France (Bok, 2003). He had a degree in law and also he studied