Do you know what the enlightenment is? It took place in Western Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. What was the main idea of the Enlightenment Philosophes. The main idea of the philosophes was greater individual freedom. This was idea a key part of the thinking in three areas:
Freedom was an important part of Locke's idea on government in Locke's second treatise on civil government in 1690, he writes that, governments should protect people's natural right “for the society can never lose the native and original right it has to itself, which can only be done by a settled Legislative.” Locke's also says the people can overthrow a government that doesn't protect your rights, “They have not only they have the right to get out of (a failed government) but to prevent it.¨The main idea of Locke’s thoughts about the government because he wrote the property our freedom was the duty of a government, and people have the right to overthrow and replace one that does not.
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Voltaire discusses the importance of individual freedom in religion when he writes novels, poems, plays and essays. In London the Royal Exchange, tons of representatives come from all over too try to be the same religion, as he says “if there is one religion, then it would be a arbitrary, and if there was two, people would kill one and others, but if there was a multitude of religions, there would be peace and happiness” in document B. It can be argued that individual freedom was the main idea in Voltaire's decision of religion because freedom was the main idea of Smith's thoughts on economics because people should freedom if they want or