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Which belief by Enlightenment philosophers advocating a social contract can be found in the US Constitution?
sovereignty of the people
the enlightenment philosophers affected our current government by giving us more individualism, and the basic belief in equal rights.
the power of the government is derived from the governed
Philosophers of the European Enlightenment favored the protection of Individual rights.
The use of reason would lead to human progress.
The major ideas of the enlightenment philosophers centered around freedom and equality.
For the scientific revolution the central belief is that everything can be explained through science and that they need not rely on religion for answers. The Enlightenment was more focused on the ideals that everyone was created equal, the nobleman as well as the peasant.
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"I have to apologize, but I have done my best to research enlightenment philosophers and am not having much success finding a good answer. What I have found is that it refers to a group of philosophers from a period in Western history known as the ""Age of Enlightenment""."
The use of reason would lead to human progress.
They believed that every human beings should have their freedom of speech and the freedom of religion. Enlightenment philosophers wanted to have a government of their own and a right to vote. They wanted to overthrow the monarchies. Most importantly, the enlightenment philosophers wanted individual freedom.