Freedom For All People lived in world that was controlled by a ruler. Freedom was often out of their reach. Before the 17th century people, couldn’t choose who they wanted to marry, what they believed in, nor could they choose their religion. During the 17th and 18th century, The Enlightenment was a period of time where people were questioning traditional ways of living and knowing. Enlightenment Thinkers, called philosophes, were hopeful that they might discover new ways to understand and improve their society. The philosophers who believed in equal rights and freedom are John Locke, Voltaire, Adam Smith and
Mary Wollstonecraft. All the Philosophers had the same mindset of the outlook of human life. For example, John Locke believed freedom. John Locke was born in England in 1632, into a form of government that was an absolute monarchy (John Locke, Second Treatise on Civil Government, 1690). Locke believed in “a state of perfect freedom… within the bounds of the law nature.” All should be equal without subordination. Locke stated that everyone should be equal and have rights to order themselves by a legislature. “But the state of mankind is not so miserable that they are not capable of using the remedy, … they have not only a right to get out of [ a failed government], but to prevent
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“If one religion were only allowed in england, The government would very possibly become arbitrary, if there were but two, the people would cut one others thought; but as their multitude, they all live happy and in peace’’ What voltaire states is, England only allowed one religion. That would go against the government. Ever since they allowed two religions they live in happiness and in peace. That everyone has the right to believe in what people wished for, As it is in today’s