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Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)
VoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet was born on the 21st of November 1694 in Paris, the youngest of five children born to a minor treasury official and a woman from the…
Denis DiderotDenis Diderot was born on the 5th of October 1713 in the fortified town of Langres, Champagne, to Didier Diderot, a master cutler, and Angélique Vigneron.
Jean-Jacques RousseauJean-Jacques Rousseau was born almost dying, a fragile infant whose survival was never guaranteed, yet he would grow to become the most influential thinker…