Answer:
The
revolutionary ideas of philosophers encouraged people to fight for their
rights.
(i) Voltaire believed that mans destiny was in his own hands.
(ii) John Locke criticised the divine and absolute rights
of the rulers.
(iii) Rousseau put forward the idea of formation of a government
based on a social contract between people and their representatives. Men had
the right to change their government, if they were not satisfied with it.
(iv) Montesquieu believed that all powers should not be concentrated
in one person's hand. They should be divided between the Legislature, the
Executive and the Judiciary.
The ideas of these philosophers were discussed by common
people in salons and coffee houses and inspired them to fight for their rights.
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