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Enlightenment thinkers
Enlightenment thinkers
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.
Enlightenment thinkers
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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.
Enlightenment thinkers believed in the concept of social contract, where the government's authority is derived from the consent of the governed. They argued for limited government powers, protection of individual rights, and the people's ability to change or overthrow the government if it fails to protect their rights. They believed in a more democratic and participatory relationship between the people and the 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.
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.