Age of Reason and intellectual movement
event 1632 - 1704
English philosopher and physician, key figure of the Enlightenment, foundational thinker on natural rights and government by consent
event 1689 - 1755
French political philosopher, famous for his theory of separation of powers, major influence on constitutional thought
event 1823 - 1892
French philologist, philosopher, and historian of religion, known for his seminal works on early Christianity and his 1883 lecture Islam and Scienc...