There are a lot of enlightenment ideas like free speech, divide power and majority rules. The enlightenment idea that I am talking about contains all three of ideas. It is made by John Locke and is called as natural rights. I think the most important idea that challenges the existing authority is the natural rights. The enlightenment idea of natural rights challenged the existing authority of the king because he thinks he is the only one that has rights and no one else has it. One example is from document 3, made by John Locke in 1690. He was at the side of common people and the natural rights. He was talking about the natural right that people have and the government was established to protect people’s natural rights. This is the quote …show more content…
He was at the side of the people and he is talking about how the religion affect how the people and the government act in the country. He say that, “If one religion only were allowed in England, the government would very possibly become arbitrary;if there were but two, the people would cut one another’s throats; but as there are such a multitude, they all live happy and in peace.” It means that if there is one religion then the government can do whatever they want, if there is two, they will fight over who is the main one but if there is many then people will have religious freedom and they will live happily and in peace. It related to the thesis by if there is a lot of religion then the people will have their natural right which is religious freedom but the King don't want it. He think there should be only one religion and that is the one and only religion that he believed in. That should be the country’s religion and everyone should believe in the religion that he believe in. It really challenged King because if people have natural right then they will have religious freedom and the country can't stay as the one religion that he believe in but with many. He doesn't want that to happen since that might even affect his power on the people since that way they might not think the same as the church and think his power isn't come from God and his power will …show more content…
He was on the people side and he think that people who isn't control from the government can be able to think, learn, and reflect on his experience to let him not make mistakes anymore. The quote that explain this is, “The enlightened man, is man in his maturity, in his perfection; who is capable of pursuing his own happiness; because he has learned to examine, to think for himself, and not to take that for the truth upon the authority of others, which experience has taught him examination will frequently prove