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steposvetlana [31]
3 years ago
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What two centuries were the centuries of the philosophes?

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goldfiish [28.3K]3 years ago
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It was primarily the 17th and 18th centuries that were the centuries of the philosophes, although the much more prominent century was the 18th, when ideals about individual rights really began to take hold. 
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