- Religious tolerance‚ educational reforms‚ and prison reforms. 4. What long-standing political belief did Enlightenment thinkers question? - Whether monarchs ruled by divine right. Part Two 5. What important idea did John Locke write about in the Two Treatises of Government? - Government should protect the people’s rights to life‚ liberty and property. 6. What was Voltaire’s role in the Enlightenment Era? - He was a passionate advocate for freedom of speech and wrote
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Locke’s notions of primary and secondary qualities. According to Locke‚ Primary qualities are the fundamental qualities (i.e. properties) in a body‚ such as solidity‚ extension‚ figure‚ or mobility‚ which a body does not lose and resemble the sensation they cause in our minds. Locke defined Secondary qualities to be those that aren’t really in the objects themselves and only exist as an idea‚ for example; color‚ taste‚ smell‚ or sound. To Locke‚ Modes (i.e. properties or qualities) inhere substance; primary
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John Locke argued that a legitimate government would be validated through the consent of the people it governed and protected‚ specifically the protection of a citizens natural rights of life‚ liberty‚ and estate. He also believed that citizens had the right of rebellion in the event that a government was acting against the rights and interests of its citizens‚ ultimately allowing those governed to replace the government with another in the interests of the people. Locke believed that the state of
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There is no secret that some countries are more prosperous and developed than others. Why are some countries poor and there is nothing we can do about it? Is the answer culture‚ weather‚ economics‚ geography‚ bad policies‚ or simple bad luck? This is probably the most important question facing the world today‚ especially for the over three billion people that live in less than $2.50 a day. Economists‚ political philosophers and political figures have been trying to come up with a solution to fix
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The Influences on the Declaration of Independence and Constitution Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ Rousseau‚ and Voltaire influenced the Declaration of Independence and Constitution in many ways; they were also Enlightenment thinkers. First‚ Montesquieu believed in the separation of powers to avoid tyranny and promote liberty and justice‚ which was expressed in the Declaration of Independence. The theories he had made were very influential in the making of the Constitution. He wrote a system of check and
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basic to all of the four philosophers‚ but the question is: what was their main idea? John Locke was the philosopher who captured the whole idea of The Enlightenment. The main idea of The Enlightenment was about people’s rights and their freedom. John Locke did a good job explaining it in an excerpt from Second Treatise on Civil Government which was written in 1690 (eighty-six years ago). In the excerpt Locke speaks about how all men have freedom to do what they want as long as they are not breaking
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from this. John Locke‚ perhaps the most influential of the natural rights philosophers‚ thought that human nature was generally good and reasonable. However‚ he recognized that people are also very self-interested‚ so those citizens who had an advantage would try and take away the rights of the weak. The weak could then band together against the stronger citizens‚ and there would be chaos without laws. This part of human nature makes it necessary to have a government. Locke felt that the best
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between the government and nature of man. The theories of Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau about the connection between nature of man and the government have been debated for many years. These three philosophers have remarkably influenced the way our system works today. Although each theory had its flaws and merits‚ Jean Jacques Rousseau’s theory is superior in comparison to Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Unlike Thomas Hobbes‚ who believed humans were naturally evil‚ Jean Rousseau
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The modern philosopher‚ David Hume‚ argued that the proof of self existence was not possible. Hume stated‚ “If any impression gives rise to the idea of self‚ that impression must continue invariably the same‚ through the whole course of our lives; since self is supposed to exist after that manner” (Kolack and Thompson 642). Although Hume made some valid arguments‚ his views on self existence are both wrong and arrogant. The existence of self can be‚ and has been‚ proven. David Hume proposed the
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and civil rights such as the Miranda Rights or other rights as well. Also Locke thought that people share the same natural rights‚ which are life‚ liberty‚ property. Life is referred to people fighting to survive. Liberty means that people want to be as free as possible to make their own decisions. Property represents the fact that people want to own things that help them survive‚ such as land and food and tools. "Locke believed these rights aren’t given
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