The philosophers of the Enlightenment created today. The Enlightenment was a time full of new ideas ranging from the 1620’s to the 1780’s. The philosophers of the time, including Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Baron de Montesquieu all had grand ideas. The ideas were fueled by the opposition to the government or other issues the philosopher faced. These ideas were so revolutionary they live on in the minds of people fighting for equality and freedom today.
Philosophers believed that men act like tyrants and act immature so they need to change their ways. In Document F-1 Mary Wollstonecraft says “But if women are to be excluded, without having a voice, from participation of the natural rights of mankind, prove first, to ward of the charge… there is not a shadow of justification for not admitting women under the same.” Wollstonecraft is fighting for equality, believes the only reason women are not equal is based off of old tradition, and it is time for change. According to Document A-1 Immanuel Kant believes “Enlightenment is a man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity… even after nature has freed them from alien guidance, gladly remain immature.” Kant believes that even with freedom men don’t have enlightenment since they don’t feel like changing, even if they should.
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To quote Jean Jacques Rousseau (Document E-1) “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” Rousseau means that even if someone is born with rights the government will strip them from that person, his solution was a new type of government. Another Philosopher who believed life was painful is Thomas Hobbes which is shown in Document 1-A “The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” Thomas Hobbes believed that people were inherently horrible and needed to be governed. The idea of freedom now is considered normal but back then it was taken and you were held down in