Reading the articles in Diderot's Encyclopedia is one of the best ways to understand the French Enlightenment. It shows the attitudes of the philosophes toward everything from Islam to Women to Intolerance to History. While the online translation of the Encyclopedia articles does not include the wonderful illustrations of the original, you will probably still find much of interest.Browse to an article on a topic of interest to you. Comment on what you found particularly interesting in that article.
First of all the French Encyclopedia was very easy to navigate around and look around. I was not sure what to look for so I looked into the definition of "Humanity." The definition was quite interesting in how it talked about bonds with other individuals and feelings of goodwill. While reading the definition I also noticed that it only included examples of "Men" and not "Women." - Ricky Berndt
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