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 …showed first 75 words of 633 total…

…showed last 75 words of 633 total…a strong influence on the people's life style and society wanted a change to take place. Many writers including Rousseau did not question what a person was, but how have I become that person. Many influential people today such as presidential candidates have the same reasoning like the 18th century writers did in their own time. History reflects these ideas and there are important reminders such as The French Revolution and the Presidential election of 2000.