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Enlightenment Thinkers
René Descartes (1596–1650)
• French philosopher and mathematician • Questioned the basis of his own knowledge • “Cogito ergo sum”
The French Salon and the
Philosophes
• Madame de Pompadour • Salons: gatherings for aristocrats to discuss new theories and ideas • Philosophes: French Enlightenment thinkers who att ... more>>