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Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu were three important philosophers of the French Enlightenment. Voltaire promoted religious tolerance and spread the ideas of Locke and Newton. Rousseau contributed to the development of modern democracy by proposing law as the source of social order and freedom as a moral value. Montesquieu proposed the separation of powers as a pillar of democratic systems and defended religious freedom.
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