Paris and The Philosophers Tour

€30.00

Paris Intellectual and Historical Walk

1. Shakespeare & Company – Simone de Beauvoir (15 mins)
   Begin at this iconic English-language bookstore, a hub for intellectuals for over a century. Here we introduce Simone de Beauvoir and her groundbreaking reflections on feminism, existentialism, and how her ideas shaped France’s modern intellectual identity.

2. Latin Quarter – Literary & Philosophical Heritage (30 mins)
   Wander through the lively student district that grew into Paris’s intellectual heart. Discover the legacy of writers and thinkers who lived, debated, and transformed thought here, from cafés to universities.

3. Notre-Dame – René Descartes & the Question of God (15 mins)
   In front of Notre-Dame, we explore René Descartes’ philosophical struggle to prove the existence of God, tracing how his arguments shaped the foundations of Western rationalism—right beside one of France’s most iconic religious monuments.

4. Île de la Cité – Jean-Jacques Rousseau & the Spark of Revolution (30 mins)
   Cross the Seine to Paris’s original island. Here we connect Rousseau’s radical ideas about society, liberty, and sovereignty to the first stirrings of the French Revolution and the beginnings of a new political order.

5. Revolution, Enlightenment, and Today – Condorcet & Voltaire (30 mins)
   We conclude by uniting the ideas of Condorcet and Voltaire—reason, reform, human rights—with the world we live in today. Standing among historic landmarks, we explore how their Enlightenment thinking still influences modern democracy and equality.