The Age of Reason: Rousseau and Voltaire
             Although Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire are two of the most well known French philisophes, they had a strong hatred towards each other. Rousseau believed to focus on the important principles of freedom, which during The French Revolution the state is created to preserve. This is contrast to Voltaire who thought that man could separate themselves from education and reason. It's not unforeseen that Rousseau and Voltaire had many disagreements. Rousseau was a very open-minded man and i tend to side with his ideas. He believed man should be himself, rather than someone else, which sounds more rational than Voltaire's naive themes disguised by jokes. Rousseau showed more emotions and feelings into his work.
             "Man is born free, and everywhere is in chains. One man thinks himself the master of others, but remains more of a slave than they are." Rousseau, in his legendary introductory line to his memoir "The Social Contract", wrote that man was effortlessly good but becomes immoral by the impact of human association. He believed that every man was equal, having his own character. Rousseau was devoted to improving the quality of life of children and wrote E'mile which was about education. Due to his strong opinions, Rousseau principles attempted to come up with a new form of government. He claimed to favor democracy, but also favored the belief that all people should have equal political, social, and economic rights. The ideas of Rousseau got the French people thinking and examining their government. These thoughts made a impressive influence both in art, politics, and even was a major reason for the start of the French revolution. On the other hand, Voltaire expressed "Private misfortunes contributes to the general good, so that the more private misfortunes there are, the more we find that all is well." Voltaire's novels such as Zadig, Candide, and L'Ingenu contained idea's that
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