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A 2 page paper that discusses the elements of reason, nature and progress as they were interpreted and presented by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. Discussed are Thomas Hobbes' The Elements of Law Natural and Politic (1640), John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's A Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind (1755). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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had traditionally viewed his universe and his place within it. It was a time of great discovery in the fields of the sciences, and these new discoveries captured the
imaginations of mankind across the globe. Many new mathematical and scientific theories began to develop from these discoveries, but the fires of imagination that had been kindled were not
restricted to the fields of science alone, for they bleed over into the fields of philosophy and theology as well. This era is commonly known as the Age of
Enlightenment, and its great thinkers were preoccupied with the elements of reason, nature and progress, the three elements that were central to the thinking of a new philosophy which dawned
during this age. The new way of thinking that was born of the Age of Enlightenment was a progressive, speculative philosophy that combined physical science with spiritual thought and
held as its main objective the understanding of God, the universe, and the nature of humanity within this universe. It was also a way of thinking that was noted
for its renewed sense of humanity and equality for all of mankind. The progressive thinking of the philosophical minds of the Age of Enlightenment may be examined through the study
and comparison of the volumes of literature that were produced during this era. Three of the great philosophers of this era, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, exemplify
the type of speculative thinking common to this period. The elements of reason, nature and progress are detectable in the works of each of these great philosophers. The
earliest two of the three demonstrate the concerns with the distinction between what is known as faith and what is know as reason and the latter of the three reflects
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