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Enlightenment:The"light"ofTruthYuanXinping201011331310ActuarialEnlightenment:The"light"ofTruthAsIwillstudyinFrance(bordeneax----Montesquieu'shometown)asanexchangestudentnextspring,I'dliketoanalyseandsummarizesomeinformationaboutEnlightenment,.JustasMissXioncesaid,FrancewasactuallythecenteroftheEnlightenment,andPariswasthecapitalofEuropeanculture.Kanthadeversaid"daretoknow!Havethecouragetouseyourownintelligence!"--MaybethisisthemottoofEnlightenment.The18thcenturymarkedthebeginningofthisintellectualmovement,whichwasonthewhole,anexpressionofstruggleofbourgeoisieagainstfeudalism.Theenlightenersfoughtagainstclassinequality,prejudiceandothersurvivalsoffeudalism.Theyattemptedtoplaceallbranchesofscienceattheserviceofmankindbyconnectingthemwiththeactualneedsandrequirementsofpeople。Reason,naturallaws,hope,progress—thesewerewordsoftenrepeatedin18thcenturyrhetoric.=1\*ROMAN\*MERGEFORMATISourcesofinspirationSourcesofinspirationfortheEnlightenmentcamefromIsaacNewtonandJohnLocke.Newtonisoftensingledoutforpraiseandgenius.Hisnewcosmologyconvincedintellectualsthatbyfollowingtherulesofreason,theycoulddiscoverthenaturallawsthatgovernedpolitics,justice,religion,andthearts.Locke’sphilosophystatedthatpeopleweremoldedbytheirenvironmentandexperiences.Andyoumusthaveheardthefamoussaying"Wearebornasablankpaperandonlyacquirereasonthroughexperiencesandobservations."Ireallyadmirethoseoldbutpreviouswisdom.=2\*ROMAN\*MERGEFORMATIIPhilosophesSomany!Howcansomanygreatunsurpassablephilosophershappentoborninsoshortaperiod!FromMontesquieutoVoltaire,fromDiderottoRousseau……Theywereliterarypeople,professors,journalists,statesmen,economists,politicalscientistsandsocialreformers.Montesquieu’smostfamousbookiscalledtheSpiritoftheLaws,publishedin1748.Ifhebroughtbacktolifenow,hewouldhavebeenregardedasawell-known"fenqing".AftercriticizingFrenchinstitutions,especiallytheCatholicChurchandtheFrenchmonarchy.,MontesquieuusedEnglandasanexampleofmonarchyanditwashispraiseofEngland’sconstitutionth