(American Enlightenment [1], 2) Other political ideas reached America, such as John Locke's publications on contractual government and the divine right of kings. In his 1690 pamphlet, Two Treatises of Government, Locke stated that political sovereignty does not reside in the state, but in the people. ... Descartes" theories were opposed, however, by British philosophers of the empiricist tradition, such as John Locke, who believed that all ideas are derived from the senses. ... As John Locke wrote in The Reasonableness of Christianity:In this state of darkness and ignorance of the true Go...

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John Locke's Two Treaties on Government written in 1694 were the root of political ideas that developed during the Enlightenment. ... Locke saw humans as good, rational, social, cooperative, and tolerant. ... Locke promoted the idea that when every individual pursues happiness, cooperation is promoted causing individual and general welfare to coincide. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau was another French political thinker of the Enlightenment era inspired by Locke. ... Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau were three political thinkers who ideas flourished in the Enlightenment. ...

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His task in life was to make "well-ordered music in the honor of God." (528 John Spielvogel, Western Civilization) This showed that not everyone had disregarded God or religion in favor of "reason." ... (534 John Spielvogel, Western Civilization) Now, here is a thought, "can we say that the Enlightenment Period brainwashed us?" ... John Locke, who was a major figure of the Enlightenment, figured that people were molded according to the environment in which they live, (516 John Spielvogel Western Civilization). ... Adam Smith's idea concerning a countries wealth focused on the "liberty ...

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