Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
(b Saint-Quentin, 5 Sept. 1704; d Saint-Quentin, 17 Feb. 1788).With Perronneau the most celebrated and the most successful French pastel portraitist of the 18th century. His portraits are remarkable ...
Montesquieu
Charles, Second Baron of Brede and Montesquieu (1689–1755), French philosopher and jurist. Montesquieu studied Locke while in England and returned to France to write about the British Constitution, ...
progress
The idea of progress, conceived as the increasing sophistication of knowledge and the improving quality of life, has been the driving force of Western civilization for at least three hundred years. ...
