Iluminismo: o espaço privilegiado da crítica

Abstract

With the emergence of the so-called “Enlightenment Philosophy” and the great importance it attributed to education and reflection, criticism, until then very confined by obedience to precepts of Antiquity, started to be developed. Within the French context, Diderot and Rousseau stand out; for besides writing fiction, they also conceptualized artistic activity and the role attributed to it by society.