Question

"…Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good…" Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789 Which principle of the Enlightenment philosophers is expressed in this quotation from the French Revolution?

Answer 1

Natural laws.

Step-by-step explanation:

The declaration of the rights of Man and Citizen contains the principles of human liberties. It emphasized the natural laws as it states that all men are born equal and free. The ideas of enlightenment philosophers like that of Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau has inspired this charter on which the French Revolution was based. The scope of these ideas was fundamental and universal to mankind.