Name three famous writers and philosophers who influenced the French- Revolution. What were their ideas?

Ans.
1. Jean Jacques Rousseau – a French Swiss philosopher. His main idea was – man is naturally good and that society of civilisation makes man anxious and unhappy.
2.  Mirabeau – he brought about a journal and delivered powerful speeches to the crowds at Versailles.
3.  Voltaire – A famous French writer. He exposed the evils prevailing in the Church and administration. The numbers of the first two estates were the
      (i) Clergy and (ii) Nobility respectively.

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