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What was Tocqueville’s take on the impact of the Enlightenment ideals on the French Revolution?
They were well implemented
They weren't necessary
They enhanced the revolution
Deputies were too wedded to them, leading to failure
Answer
Tocqueville believed that the deputies of the French Revolution were too wedded to the ideals of the Enlightenment, which led to the failure of the revolution. He argued that the Enlightenment ideals of reason, equality, and liberty were too abstract and idealistic for the real world, and that they did not take into account the complexity of human nature.
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