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 Jean le rond d’Alembert   Jean le rond d’Alembert was one of few intellectual thinkers that brought forth new intellectual concepts during the 18th century. Jean was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, and philosopher who made a sharp distinction between “the truly enlightened public” and “the blind and noisy multitude.” Jean le rond d’Alembert was a member of the French group known as the philosophes, which was a group of intellectuals that dedicated themselves to spreading knowledge and intellect. Jean alongside Denis Diderot, another member of the philosophes, edited the seventeen-volume Encyclopedia: The Rational Dictionary of the Sciences, the Arts, and the Crafts. This Encyclopedia expressed the enlightened ideals that were brought forth by the enlightenment. Jean, who was one of Europe’s leading scientist’s, set out to teach people how to think critically and objectively about all matters.