Age+of+Enlightenment

**Two Views on Society** || ||
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After living through the English civil war, Thomas Hobbes became convinced that society needed a strong central authority to control and contain the natural barbarism of humans. || ||
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**“**In [a state of nature], there is … no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.**”** || —//Leviathan//, 1651 || || ||  John Locke believed that under ideal conditions, people lived according to a law of nature. Because people could interpret the law differently, they needed an authority to enforce it. **“**The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it. . . no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions:. . . Every one. . . may not. . . take away, or impair. . . the life, the liberty, health, limb, or goods of another.**”** || —//Two Treatises on Government//, 1690 || =[|Reading: Legacy - Enlightenment]= =Read & Answer the questions in your wiki.=
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 * **Thomas Hobbes**
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 * **John Locke**
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 * 1) ==** How could these two British philosophers think so differently about government & the role of the citizens?? **==
 * 2) ==** Why is the Age of Enlightenment also called the Age of Reason? How did that differ from the previous age, the Renaissance? **==
 * 3) ==** What effect will the Age of Reason have on the Absolute Monarchs of Europe? Will the effect of enlightened ideas such as Freedom, Equality & Brotherhood eventually reach the lower class & what will it mean? **==

Enlightened Ideas

 * Humans have the ability to reason & that makes them unique
 * Reason can & should be applied to cure society's ailments
 * Using reason, people can cast off ideas of fear & superstition - reject unfair governments
 * Humans are naturally governed by laws of nature
 * Governments should reflect the natural law & educate citizens - so they can debate/question-solve societies problems