From around the mid 1600 till the late 1700, there was a big push in Europe that began to emphasize reason over faith and science over religion. In John Locke essay concerning human understanding, Locke proposes that everyone begins life as a white paper, void of all characters, and that experiences are what make us what we are today. This was known as the “blank slate”. This completely went against the idea of the divine rights of kings. If everyone is the same when they are born, then God could not have given certain people the rights to be kings. In France in the year 1789, the declaration of the rights of men and citizen was written and approved by the national assembly. It was an important document concerning the French revolution because it presented new ideals for society and individuals. However, in order to understand how this changes the French society, it will be vital to go back and look at how it was before the declaration was written. Before this there was a structure called the estate general that made important decisions, its general consisted of three branches that had one vote each on decisions. There was the nobility, clergy and commoners. However, there was a problem with this set up, the common people were usually outvoted by the higher ranked. The declaration of the rights of men and citizen …show more content…
The enemy of enlightenment is anything, which seeks to distort reality. Enlightenment exists beyond ideology. Ideology is in essence a romantic notion of how the world should be. Enlightenment seeks only to understand the way the world actually is. I personally see a relationship between my values and that of the enlightment thinker and artists. One of my major values is the pursuit of knowledge. Being finance major, is one way I am doing this. The pursuit of seeking knowledge in the field is one example of your actions that illustrate your