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he speaks against the peasants. He calls them mob and demands to force them to obedience. His demands of freedom may be right, but they are valid only for the bourgeoisie, not for the peasants. “La Facille” could arrange a meeting with Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu. He told us: “I demand that the judges should work independent from the King. It is very important to divide the authorities. This would lead to more justice for all. Nobody would be exposed to the despotism of the Nobility.”
Montesquieu (source: Public domain)
Denis Diderot another philosopher wrote with others a famous book called “Encyclopédie”. This book has many forward thinking ideas; it gives every person the ability to further his knowledge of the world. JeanJacques Rousseau demands another form of state called democracy. He thinks the people are the people are the power of the state. Every family should have its own property and should produce what’s needed. There would be no big land owners anymore. This sounds everything like a paradise on earth. The future will show whether these philosophers are only nutcases or if their words can move something.