Which of the following philosophers influenced aspects of the French Revolution?

Correct answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Player #1474571
Player #1474571
I don’t think I understood anything I just read 😟
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without reading the question I answered correctly
D.G.
D.G.
It would be a rather bold statement if we said that his work has a big contribution to the French revolution. If it has even been a last sparkle, it would only mean that people have misunderstood him. If you want to know where this correlation is derived from you can read the so called "Second Discourse" where he speaks in favor of the state of nature and criticizes modernism. In the matter of social covenant he is the antipode of Thomas Hobbes.