Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Enlightenment Blog

The Enlightenment was a philosophical movement of the 18Th century characterized by belief in the power of human reason and questioning authority. Many enlightenment philosophers like John Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau published their ideas on government.

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Enlightenment philosophers influenced change in society because they questioned the laws that were in place because they were based mainly on the church and not on logic and reason. Doing this they created new governments that included the peoples idea's which provoked new laws which made a huge change in society because it allowed them to vote and things like that.

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