Freedom, Liberty, and equality , would these traits really work? These were the thoughts that ran through many great philosophers of the 17th and 18th century philosophers. These great minds were after one thing and it was to give rights to the people and they would realize their oppression of their rights through reason and questioning thing around them. Philosophers during the enlightenment era tried to expose the government and return rights to citizens through reason. They questioned how the poor were viewed and why it was them being controlled and oppressed. With rights being abused by the government and thoughts of Natural rights on the rise it's no surprise that all these thinkers decided to bring upon a change in their society.
One such Philosopher was Voltaire a.k.a.(Francois-Marie Arouet) a native Parisian who found it interesting how societies would have one main religion and force them to follow that one instead of allowing them to follow multiple religion Voltaire said “ 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
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John Locke said that all men are in a certain “state of perfect freedom” where they can manage things that are their things as they see fit as long as there within the laws of nature. Locke’s theory of equality was that everyone should be more equal to each others, Locks main idea was that people should be before government and that the government should be created by and for the people. He said that if the government fails the people have the right to get rid of the old and with the new. You can do what you want to do, but the law of the government will surely stop