UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2018 · Q6(a) · 20 marks
Explain the major ideas of Enlightenment. Discuss the contribution of Rousseau in Enlightenment.
- Chapter
- Enlightenment and Modern ideas
- Topic
- Rousseau
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