1751Beginning of publication of the French Encyclopedia
1755David Hume, The Natural History of Religion
1762Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
1764Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary
1770Abbé Guillaume Raynal, Philosophical and Political History of European Colonies and Commerce in the Two Indies
1776Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
1781Immanuel Kant, The Critique of Pure Reason