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Philosophy: Opening The Mind One Person At A Time

Enlightment philosophers expressed basic principles of the modern view such as the belief that every person posses natural rights that the government should not violate, and the yearning to reform the principles of society based on reasons. While Voltaire supported a conservative ideology on holding onto monarchy and tradition, he pleaded for tolerance and disagreed with religious fanaticism and persecution. At the same time, John Locke believed individuals were born with their natural rights and Jean Jacques Rousseau argued that one person did not have a natural authority over others. Promising a monarchy that avoided religious persecution, freedom of speech, and natural rights, enlightment thinkers influencing the common people to revolt lead to the French Revolution. Although the monarchy was restored, the revolution was successful in giving the common people a voice in their government and the elimination of one absolute power.
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