Official questionExamen Civique
Quel célèbre philosophe des Lumières a dénoncé l'esclavage ?
Which famous Enlightenment philosopher denounced slavery?
Correct answer
Montesquieu
Montesquieu
Why
In The Spirit of Laws (1748), Montesquieu mocked the arguments of slavery's defenders; Voltaire (Candide, 1759) and Condorcet also denounced it. Descartes and Pascal lived in the 17th century and Sartre in the 20th, not during the Enlightenment. From the official naturalisation knowledge-question list.
Answer choices
- ARené DescartesRené Descartes
- BMontesquieuMontesquieu
- CJean-Paul SartreJean-Paul Sartre
- DBlaise PascalBlaise Pascal