4.3 Rousseau - Encyclopedie

Question 1

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Answer 1

Critique:
France should have their leaders elected, and for the leaders to serve the needs of the people.

Question 2

Rousseau quote on Freedom

Answer 2

“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains”

Question 3

Key piece of work

Answer 3

The Social Contract (1762)

Question 4

Who created the Encyclopedie

Answer 4

Diderot and d’Alembert

Question 5

George Rude on impacts of the Enlightenment (positive)

Answer 5

the ideas of Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau and many others were widely disseminated and were absorbed by an eager reading public, both aristocratic and plebian

Question 6

Hampson on impacts of the Enlightenment (negative)

Answer 6

“The writers of the Enlightenment… were clearly not responsible for the revolutionary situation that developed in 1789… but they did dictate the terms in which educated people thought about society.”