... become a fundamental aspect of the Revolution; questioning the King's right to govern as the sole autocrat. Descartes held that by means of questioning alone, certain self-evident truths would become apparent from which the remaining content of science and philosophy could be derived. Through these truths, the remainder of the physical world could be discovered. Voltaire, born in 1694 and passing away in 1778, was another of fundamental influence to the French Revolution. Voltaire was perhaps the most prominent of all the Philosophes given that, whilst he was not the first, he certainly strongly criticized known beliefs by putting them to the tests of reason, experience and usefulness. Through questioning old ideas, Voltaire praised many aspects of the eighteenth century British society, including its limited monarchy, commercial enterprise and religious tolerance, which he believed that the French should adopt. Like Descartes, Voltaire questioned the creditability of Christianity as it was so ...

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