Some of the enlightened thinkers of the past were Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, and john Locke. Also considered enlightened thinkers were Jean Jacques Rousseau and Baron de Montesquieu.
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Benjamin Franklin was the American who best exemplified the Enlightenment way of thinking.
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Benjamin Franklin is the American leader recognized for his scientific discoveries and inventions during the Enlightenment period.
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The Declaration of Independence
The first two paragraphs of the American Declaration of Independence sum it up perfectly, they espouse liberty, freedom, and the importance of reason and rationality in a decision. They also are written by Jefferson, himself a great enlightenment thinker, basing his work on other notable enlightenment thinkers, most notably, John Locke.
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Jefferson support Enlightenment principles but continued to own slaves.
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Hard economic times, as during the Great Depression, made popular the hobo clown, best exemplified by Emmett Kelly.