The great thinkers from the Age of Enlightenment were concerned with how people were capable of self government. Self government is not without government and if people are capable of governing themselves, they are certainly capable of forming governments (artifices), to establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense and promote the general Welfare of the self governed. From John Locke, to Adam Smith to Thomas Hobbes and Thomas Paine, the great thinkers of the Enlightenment were concerned with how people would be with government. From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin, from George Washington to John Adams the great thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment were concerned with how governments should be with people.
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the three philosophers Locke, voltair, and montesque influences Franklin, Jefferson, Madison and admas. they made our government. without their ideas we would not have the Bill of Rights, constitution, or Declaration of Independence.
John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. his ideas had enormous influence on the development of epistemology and political philosophy, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, classical republicans, and contributors to liberal theory. his writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. this influence is reflected in the American Declaration of Independence. Locke's theory of mind is often cited as the origin for modern conceptions of identity and "the self", figuring prominently in the later works of philosophers such as David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant. Locke was the first philosopher to define the self through a continuity of "consciousness". he also postulated that the mind was a "blank slate" or "tabula rasa"; that is, contrary to Cartesian or Christian philosophy, Locke maintained that people are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived by sense perception.
John Locke thought no government can exist without the consent of the governed.
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Federalists were concerned that a strong national government must exist. They believed without a strong national government anarchy would triumph.
A.Filmer suggested that governments represent the will of the majority, whereas Enlightenment thinkers advocated for minority rights.B.Filmer argued for a strong monarchy, whereas Enlightenment philosophers claimed that government was not necessary because natural law would allow society to advance.C.Enlightenment philosophers advocated government systems that protected the natural rights of man, whereas Filmer argued that people would be lost without the paternal monarch.D.Enlightenment philosophers advocated monarchical governments in which a central king would ensure the rights of the people, whereas Filmer argued for representative democracy.
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Thinkers engage in pondering, analyzing, and exploring ideas. They critically evaluate concepts and information to develop insightful perspectives and solutions to complex problems. Thinkers are curious, inquisitive, and often push boundaries to advance knowledge and understanding.
You should be concerned. Because without it no life would be there on earth.
the three philosophers Locke, voltair, and montesque influences Franklin, Jefferson, Madison and admas. they made our government. without their ideas we would not have the Bill of Rights, constitution, or Declaration of Independence.
The pact of the enlightenment that was most important was the impact it had on today's legal codes and governmental structures. Without the Enlightenment, many countries would not exist today, including the United States.
It's the Enlightenment.
The fact is the colonies were British and as far as the government was concerned they had to help pay for the war that was fought to defend the colonies. People like Washington were British officers in the war and the government didn't see it as " taxation without representation ."
"Without doubt, there can be no enlightenment." ... by Buddha Siddharta Gotama Shakyamuni
while enlightenment is possible without a commitment to some unknown source or being, TRUE enlightenment only leads to at least your acknowledgement that there is a divine source of strenght or energy that PURPOSEFULLY created the universe. Realization of this fact usually leads to a deeper commitment in something OTHER than oneself.Answer:Buddhism requires no reliance on deities for enlightenment. The route to enlightenment is intellectual only - observe your life and correct those things that you do unskillfully. The Buddha himself saw the belief in and reliance on god(s) to provide enlightenment to be a hinderance in your progress.