在法国文学史上,十八世纪被称作“光明世纪”。波澜壮阔的启蒙运动,惊天动地的法国大革命,就发生在这个世纪。在这个“光明世纪”,那些用自己卓越的思想孕育了法国大革命的伟大思想家,理所当然地应该受到人类的永久的崇敬和纪念。恩格斯说:“在法国为行将到来的革命启发过人们头脑的那些伟大人物,本身都是非常。 In the history of French literature, the eighteenth century is called “the bright century.” The magnificent Enlightenment and the earth-shaking French Revolution took place in this century. In this “bright century,” those great thinkers who gave birth to the French Revolution with their own remarkable ideas should, of course, be forever revered and remembered by mankind. Engels said: "The great people in France who have inspired people’s minds for the coming revolution are themselves very different.