... require."" Furthermore, Hobbes's notion of liberty is descriptive of the value of liberty in the modern affairs of man. Dean William B. Allen, a scholar of Enlightenment thought, maintains that Montesquieu's concept of liberty is compatible with that found in antiquity and the Middle Ages. Allen considers the Enlightenment's impact on America during the Revolutionary period. He notes that the oft-stated idea that Americans' attitudes relied mainly on certain ... "Whiggish- notions of the "rights of Englishmen- is only partially correct, for one must acknowledge Montesquieu's influence. ...

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... of Kings, which was a direct power given to them by God (the Church). The masses did not question this authority until a certain group from the masses began to prosper by trade from the Far East. This new "middle class" began to ask new questions and saw would help spark the renaissance and the Enlightenment. Why obey? According to Machiavelli, one obeys because they, as an ... "Statecraft." This was a new and approach to the subject and it spawned much controversy and further thought. Rousseau also uses "necessity" as a key to his "general will" and so actions of the state define what ...

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