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Enlightenment thinkers
to be by the people for the people, in other words; to protect the citizens' rights
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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Enlightenment thinkers
Enlightenment thinkers
Enlightenment thinkers
Enlightenment thinkers
Enlightenment thinkers
Enlightenment thinkers wanted the people to choose their own form of government.
They wrote that people had the right to change the government. This was a revolutionary idea in the world of kings. It turns to idea of government upside down in the 1700’s.
The people changed ideas about government education and social injustice during the Enlightenment. They were led by Enlightenment thinkers such as Descartes, Hobbes, and Voltaire.
to be by the people for the people, in other words; to protect the citizens' rights
They wrote that people had the right to change the government. This was a revolutionary idea in the world of kings. It turns to idea of government upside down in the 1700’s.