Before revision: Intellectual climate In France, the Enlightenment was based in the salons and culminated in the great Encyclopédie (1751– 72 ) edited by Denis Diderot and (until 1759) Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1713– 84 ) with contributions by hundreds of leading intellectuals such as Voltaire (1694–1778), Rousseau (1712– 78 )D. Vallier, Rousseau (New York: Crown, c1979).
After revision: Intellectual climate In France, the Enlightenment was based in the salons and culminated in the great Encyclopédie (1751– 1772 ) edited by Denis Diderot and (until 1759) Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1713– 1784 ) with contributions by hundreds of leading intellectuals such as Voltaire (1694–171778), Rousseau (1712– 78 )D. Vallier, Rousseau (New York: Crown, c1979).