Enlightenment thinkers
Open any thinker for a vivid primer — then debate them, live, in their own spirit.
1694–1778 · French
Satire, tolerance, free expression
1712–1778 · Genevan
The social contract, the general will, natural man
1632–1704 · English
Empiricism, natural rights, government by consent
1724–1804 · Prussian
The categorical imperative, duty, the limits of reason
1713–1784 · French
The Encyclopédie, materialism, secular knowledge
1689–1755 · French
Separation of powers, the spirit of the laws