The most active opponents of religious intolerance and the most outspoken anti-Christians among the philosophes were

A. Lavisher and Rousseau.
B. Voltaire and Diderot.
C. Diderot and Bourbon.
D. Montesquieu and Adrien.
E. Quesnay and Pelletier.


Answer: B

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