The Developments Caused by Liberalism in the Rise of Socialism Early theories of the Enlightment philosophy formed an underlying theme through the history of liberalism and the development of socialism. ... Early Enlightment philosophy provided the guiding light to the liberalistic evolution of freedom from restriction, to freedom in the sense of opportunity as a socialistic ideology. ... The theories of Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, among other thinkers would be identified as a sometimes distorted echo throughout history. ... A Gary Nash study of tax lists showed that by the early 17...

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