... nature and behavior of humans. This reason was applied to other aspects of society such as education, the government and economics, and religion. The Enlightenment was also known as the Age of Reason and it reached its height in the mid-1700's. In both England and France the major cause ... of the Enlightenment was the power of the government. Many people disliked the way the government was run in the countries of Europe. There were many ... rights were life, liberty, and property. Locke deeply influenced the population, not only of England but all of Europe. The other thinkers of the E...

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... could convince people to change the way they see things and adopt their ideas. Those leaders decided it was a reasonable way to create a better society. During this enlightenment period, the most commonly heard French philosophers were John Locke, Voltaire, Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, Baron Montesquieu, Denis Diderot, and others. They discarded traditional beliefs and began to use reason to explain the ... as well as making it known that their beliefs differentiated from the European philosopher's beliefs. They often judged and criticized their opponent's opinions and suggestions. The Am...

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