Who first published L'Encyclopédie?
Voltaire and Rousseau
Diderot and d'Alembert
Adam Smith and David Hume
Montesquieu and Hobbes
Answer
Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert first published L'Encyclopédie, which is considered to be one of the most important works of the French Enlightenment. The encyclopedia was a massive undertaking, with over 20,000 articles on a wide range of topics. It was published in 35 volumes between 1751 and 1772, and it had a profound impact on the development of modern thought.
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