any good"(Voltaire,255). The Child of Nature becomes enlightened through his experiences with Frenchsociety by having no prior knowledge, being taught by the French, anddisregarding everything they have taught him to learn for himself the lessons ofFrench society. He starts representing Locke's "blank tablet" which opens itselfto beliefs of any kind. This tablet is filled with the thoughts of the cruelFrench society. The Child of Nature's enlightenment comes when he takes it uponhimself to erase the thoughts and beliefs on this tablet and fill it up with hisown. Voltaire's L'Ingenu is just an example of a man becoming enlightened duringthe Age of Enlightenment. It classifies itself as a standard for other storiesof enlightenment....
