Bernard de Fontenelle was an influential French author who contributed to various areas such as philosophy, literature, education, epistemology or theory of knowledge, and education. He was born in Rouen in 1657. His father was a lawyer, while his mother was related to a famous playwright Pierre Corneille. Fontenelle received education in the Jesuit College where he was trained as a lawyer. According to the standards of that period, this was arguably the best education that a person could get in France. However, he did not pursue a career in this area; instead he dedicated his entire life to philosophy and science. Fontenelle was particularly attracted to the ideas, expressed by Rene Descartes, who had profound impact on the development of Western philosophical thought (Marsak, 51). At the very beginning, he tries his hand at drama but his early play but his early plays were not very successful, he decided to pay more attention to natural philosophy and popularization of scientific findings. It should be noted that Fontenelle lived for almost one hundred years [1] , and he witnessed dramatic changes in the French society. Overall, he can be viewed as polymath or a person who is equally skillful in different areas of human activity. In part, it can be explained by the fact that he was significantly impacted by Renaissance philosophy which postulated that a person should excel or at least be educated in different fields (Black, 16). Yet, one should also take into account that he was an important representative of the Enlightenment. At the beginning of the eighteenth century his popularity could be compared to that one of Voltaire, or Diderot. To some degree, their ideas of liberal freedom were reflected in his writings. At this point, it is necessary for us to show the important of Fontenelle’s works and ideas to his contemporaries and modern intellectuals. First, in his lifetime he was largely renowned as a populirizers of science. His book Conversations on the Plurality of World , he tried to explain heliocentric model of the Universe that was put forward by Nicolaus Copernicus. This book was published in 1686 at that time the very idea that the Earth revolve around the Sun was revolutionary if not blasphemous. Certainly, nowadays this book will not produce such an effect on community. However, some aspects of this work still remains relevant for modern community. In particular, this work is presented as a conversation between a philosopher or scientist and a woman. In this way he emphasized women’s ability to make scientific achievement. In seventeenth century France, the idea of gender equality was unaccepted for the community and one cannot say that this problem has been entirely resolved at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Hence, it is quite possible for us to argue that Fontenelle occupies rightful place among the leading figures of the Enlightenment. In a very subtle way, this book attracts the readers’ attention to the problem of gender inequality. Hence, Fontenelle can be regarded as a precursor of modern feminism. Of course, we do not know for sure whether Fontenelle wanted to be perceived in this way, but this book provides room for such an interpretation. One should