Writers such as Voltaire and Diderot were chipping away at the foundations of society.伏尔泰和狄德罗之类的作家一点一点地在动摇社会的根基。The trouble with common sense, as Voltaire famously observed, is that it is not very common.正如伏尔泰有句名言所说，常识的问题是它不是很常见的东西。His lyrics are highly literate. He even quotes Voltaire.他的歌词体现了高度的文化修养。他甚至引用了伏尔泰的话。