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    Compare and contrast the political beliefs of Voltaire‚ Rousseau and Montesquieu. November 10‚ 2013 AP European History During the eighteenth century‚ ideas came into place that economic improvement and political reform were possible. This movement of ideas was called the Enlightenment. Inspired by the scientific revolution‚ the Enlightenment led people to challenge the Church authority and the traditional intellectual authority. Enlightened people believed in a commercial society

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    French Revolution: The Influences When the Enlightenment occurred‚ it established some modern-day ideals such as religious toleration‚ separation of powers‚ and natural rights. These Enlightened principles eventually spread throughout France‚ causing the people to question the current state of their society‚ and ultimately causing the French Revolution. Montesquieu and Voltaire were two very major Enlightenment figures whose beliefs had a huge impact on the French Revolution. The ever-growing

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    example. He never really lets go of this idea‚ and it commands his process in freeing colonies of South America. Montesquieu and Bolivar both thought that any political system could threaten the oppression of a tyrant or the oppression of the mob. He also believed that the Latin American people were not proficient enough of ruling themselves simply due to their inexperience‚ but that they should be given the right to select their own reps. According to Montesquieu‚ the

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    Philosophers have been studying this question for hundreds of years. Hobbes‚ Rousseau‚ Locke‚ Montesquieu and others all have very different ideas of how humanity should organize their government based on the nature of man. Some of those ideals have transferred over into modern societies that are prominent in our world today‚ while others have kicked the bucket alike their creators. The nature of man can be defined as many things weather it is that man is either good or bad‚ or something more complicated;

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    knowledge‚ advancements in science and math‚ and the age of Enlightenment. The views on the advancements made in society were very optimistic. People began to rely more on science‚ than religion‚ to better explain the world and the society. These optimistic ideas of the Enlightenment were expressed mainly in literature and essays. The Enlightenment thinkers used the scientific method to apply in society to justify world beliefs. The Enlightenment thinkers also applied the use of reason and belief of religious

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    The Enlightenment was a period of new and innovative thinking. During which there were many scientific and governmental changes. The people who discovered the advances were philosophers. Some philosophers had a bigger impacted in the enlightenment then other‚ such as Montesquieu‚ Rousseau‚ Adam Smith‚ John Locke‚ and Voltaire. I am going the talk about Rousseau and Montesquieu. In France their society system was not working. They were under a Monarchy type of government. They had three estates the

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    incorporated into the U.S. Constitution. Voltaire was known as the greatest figure in the Enlightenment era. Although he studied law‚ his passion was writing. He was a successful playwright who penned 2 tragedies‚ Edipe and Henriade. In his Philosophic Letters‚ he wrote about English life. Especially it’s freedom of the press‚ political freedom and religious toleration. He criticized France’s royal absolutism‚ lack of religious toleration and freedom of thought. Voltaire penned his Treatise on Toleration

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    Voltaire was a French philosophe‚ and one of the most influential figures during the Enlightenment. Voltaire wrote over seventy volumes with a great variety of genres. His Enlightenment ideas were built on several essential elements---- senses‚ reason‚ emphasis on science‚ deist belief and a rationalized government. According to Enlightenment thinkers‚ senses were an essential element of their ideas. Human beings were capable of using their senses to observe the universe. By using their individual

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    today. The event that I believed changed the course of history in the world was the enlightenment. The enlightenment brought forth many new ideas that helped to transform the world in many positive ways by bringing in a new “Age of Reason”. The Enlightenment had many new conceptions and views throughout various nations‚ by putting and emphasis on science and natural law over religious authority. Some of these ideas were about man’s natural rights‚ freedom of speech‚ democracy just to name a few of

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    Manuel Castro English 212 Professor Phares 3-18-15 Compare and contrast the Age of Exploration and the Enlightenment The Age of Exploration and The Enlightenment were products of the Renaissance (1400-1648). Both The Age of Exploration (1400-1500) started by Prince Henry the Navigator (1394- 1460) to the beginning of The Enlightenment (1687-1789). It was symbolic that Prince Henry the Navigator erected the first navigational school in Sagres‚ Portugal where it was considered the rim of the

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