Contrast the group of French thinkers known as the philosophes and the aristocracy.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- The philosophes were open to discussing any topic with no "polite" restrictions.
- The philosophes were deist, believing that the universe proceeded in natural law.
- Philosophes objected openly to the aristocratic structure of the monarchy and Church.
- Members of the aristocracy had a taste for elaborate ornamentation and the pursuit of pleasure, as seen in Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing, while the philosophies were known for their meditation and contemplation, as in Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin's A Philosopher Occupied with His Reading.
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