The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement occurring in Europe throughout the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau was another French political thinker of the Enlightenment era inspired by Locke. ... During the Enlightenment there were many new philosophical ideas formed and advancements made. ... Voltaire is considered to be one of the most famous Enlightenment philosophers. ... Adam Smith became the father of modern economics during the Enlightenment. ...

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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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My goal in this paper is to show the connection between the American Enlightenment Movement and four major American leaders. The Age of Reason or the Age of Enlightenment began in the eighteenth century, although many historic events happened between 1715 and 1789. ... The American enlightenment thinkers applied scientific reasoning to politics, religion, science, etc. ... The Enlightenment was a crucial part in forming today's political documents, governments, and religions. ... Without these enlightenment thinkers as the basis of this country, America would be very different today and ...

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The Enlightenment was a philosophical movement of the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason to analyze previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms and that is why it was also called the "Age of Reason-. ... Through out this period came great Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke and Voltaire. John Locke, the earliest Enlightenment thinker, was born in England in 1632. ... His ideas not only influenced later Enlightenment thinkers, but also America and France because you can see that these ideas were expressed in the ...

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As a result of the American Revolution the socio-political structure of America radically changed. During the time of rebellion, America achieved a higher plane of social and political life than had ever been seen before. Furthermore, political thought was the most formulated ever in American histor...

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The enlightenment was a European era in which scholars began to reject the ideas and beliefs of the authority and the Church, and started to think for themselves. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jaques Rousseau were three enlightenment thinkers who each drafted different ideas about the state of nature, and political solutions to make society and government more utopia-like. ...

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He was one of the greatest influential figures of the French Enlightenment and his ideas had a huge impact on the founding fathers of America when they were drawing up the Declaration of Independence. Even though Locke had an important role in the French Enlightenment while he was alive, his ideas and political views were used long after his death and to this very day. ...

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The idea of natural rights, or the universal privileges given to all men, grew in popularity after the Enlightenment era. The philosopher, John Locke, argued that it is the government's soul duty role to protect its peoples' rights to Liberty, Life, and private property. The American and French gove...

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John Locke is one of most important Enlightenment philosophers throughout history because his philosophies are still used today . ... Locke was an english philosopher who also founded british empiricism, he summed up the enlightenment with his belief of the middle class and its right to freedom also with his faith in science. ...

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Role of Individualism in Europe from 1700 to 1950 "The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even-if you will-eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned imposter couldn't be happy with-...

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Social justice and democracy are two of the most discussed and argued concepts of political science, sociology, and philosophy. Democracy as we know of it today was not completely established until the 17th and 18th centuries during the Age of Enlightenment. During this time the Declaration of Indep...

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The systems of fascism and Marxist socialism derive in part, or more correctly, in response to, liberalism. Fascism rejects the liberal doctrines of individual rights, political equality, and representative government, yet it advocates broad popular participation in politics and may use established ...

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Allen, a scholar of Enlightenment thought, maintains that Montesquieu's concept of liberty is compatible with that found in antiquity and the Middle Ages. Allen considers the Enlightenment's impact on America during the Revolutionary period. ...

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He does not feel that to have a say in the running of the state and hence ones own life is what constitutes freedom and if we are to take freedom as the moral and civil enlightenment this separation of concepts is logical. ...

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Locke and Rousseau were two great philosophers of the Enlightenment. While both writers agreed that before civilized society man existed in a state of nature, that is, humans lacked society or structure, they disagreed on what constituted freedom. Differences in their opinion on freedom stems from t...

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