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How Did The Enlightenment Thinkers

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The Enlightenment developed as an extension of the Scientific Revolution. (A period of time in which scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the working and philosophy of the universe.) As of previous dates, and the current date, the most influential and well-known Enlightenment thinkers are Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Voltaire, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau. The Enlightenment thinkers sought out the idea of a limited government. (A government that is restricted from over-abusive control and large amounts of power.) An agreement among the parties and members of society made in order to allow cooperation for social benefits - otherwise known as Social Contract - was another idea that the Enlightenment thinkers thought
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