The Enlightenment philosophers had a belief in the rights of humankind, they fought for what they believed in and in a way influenced our freedom and rights today. These four Enlightenment philosophers had different ideas, like the equality for women, freedom of religion, freedom from economics, and freedom of government. ... All the Enlightenment philosophers took part in defending our rights and later shaping our society for the better. ... Although, some might have disagreed with these Enlightenment philosopher all of their ideas of our rights were in a way put to use along the way. ... ...

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(Porter, 161-168) As time wore on, many men began looking back to earlier writers and philosophers such as Descartes and Newton. ... Philosophers and intellectuals at the time of the Enlightenment strived to discover the laws that rule this orderly universe. ... Rene Descartes, a French philosopher and scientist, believed that reason and rationality defined all sciences and philosophies. ... This type of rationalism was developed by other European philosophers, such as the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza and the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. ... (May, 118-...

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The Age of Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment started in the 18th century and gave people a chance to find reason and truth on their own, without the guidance from others. ... The philosophers of the time focused on reason and truth. ... Both of these eras opened the door for the philosophes during the Age of Enlightenment. ... He said it was the worst of all religions. ... John Wesley started a famous movement during the enlightenment. ...

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The focus of thought for most philosophers during the Enlightenment focused on humanity and change: both the ability to change as well as the need for people to do so. ... The philosophers taught people that criminals must be rehabilitated and pay their debt to society. ... Deism, another form of Enlightenment religion is based on two main ideas: religion should be reasonable, and the knowledge of the natural and human world has nothing to do with religion. ... Most of all, the attitude towards religion in general was an acceptance of all religions. The freedom of religion was an important con...

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Denis Diderot was a French encyclopedist and philosopher, who also composed plays, novels, essays, and art. ... It displays the release of traditional religion and the movement to worldly learning and the rise of protests against the controlled way of expressing one's self. ... The writers of the Enlightenment or, better put, die Aufklarung conveyed the ideas of freedom, such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from oppression, and the intellectual freedom that every man has a right to whether it be oppressed by political or religious issues which were, at the time, basic...

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In Candide, Voltaire shows his hated for two anti-Enlightenment views: war and religion. ... Since Pangloss taught Candide, he was a philosopher and one day Candide strolled off from the army. ... Voltaire's dislike of religion in Candide follows the enlightenment view, and is best shown in the book during Candide's stay at Eldorado. ... The enlightenment believed that religion stood in the way of reason and therefore Voltaire shows his disapproval of religion throughout Candide. ... Through science, philosophers at the time discovered the laws of nature. ...

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The most determined researchers will agree that war does nothing but bring more war to a civilization or religion. ... Voltaire, a French philosopher who produced an age of enlightenment for his era of the mid 1700's, His piece titled Candide, brought together full coincidences and disasters. ... Voltaire's thought on war reflect his liberal thought on thinkers, like philosophers who preceded him; Voltaire contributions to the enlightenment age does not depend on his originality or lack of it. His ideas merit examination because he was one of the most philosophers of his time. ... St...

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The Enlightenment was a time when individualism and change in institutions replaced tradition. ... The Enlightenment also affected people in their rebellion against the Church. ... One famous philosopher from this period, Voltaire, wrote the novel Candide, in which Enlightenment ideas are represented. ... This line, along with many others, shows the snobbery of the nobility during the Enlightenment. ... Candide asks the men about their religion, and says, " Do you mean to say you have no monks teaching and disputing, governing and intriguing, and having people burned if they don't subscri...

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The ideas put into romanticism came from two well-known people, a French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau and a Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. ... The Enlightenment can be defined as the period of time when reason and science became the driving forces of life. ... Religion also evolved, and Deism, the belief that the universe is run by an intelligent and benevolent God, came into play. ... The first hint of the American Enlightenment can best be exemplified by John Wise and Jonathan Edwards and their attempts to reform the Church. ... Another vital man of the Enlightenment was Benjamin Franklin....

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