Adrian Colon Colon 1 Essays - Philosophy, Empiricists,

Adrian Colon Colon 1 Ms.Cavanaugh World History April 23, 2017 Era of the Enlightenment The Enlightenment lead civilization to the era of human maturity. During the late 17th and early 18th century in Europe, The Enlightenment was a philosophical and intellectual movement to improve social growth. There were many writers and philosophers who changed the world, but didn't do it all same way. A few of them were Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant, and John Locke. The age of enlightenment was an intellectual movement that challenged order and the way philosophers thought of government. Hobbes was a philosopher that believed that an Monarchy was the best type of government for civilization . Hobbes challenged the government, believing that an Absolute Monarchy would be best for the civilization. . In the text, it says ".... Because people acted in their own self-interest, Hobbes said, the ruler needed total power to keep citizens under control" (Hobbes, Pg#1). Hobbes believed that civilization was out of control because it's rulers were not controlling the people to make them believe what is right and what is wrong. " In Hobbes view, such a government was an Absolute Monarchy, which could impose order and demand obedience." Hobbes believed that civilization needs to become an Absolute Monarchy because it could bring order and the people from believing other things. Hobbes and Kant were very different, but had the same idea for the world, to change the world for the better . Colon 2 The age of reason brought many people to think for themselves. Enlightenment was believed to be "man's leaving his-self caused immaturity"(Kant). Many people went against this belief because not everyone liked the idea or thinking for themselves. Kant said "..... it is not caused by lack of intelligence, but by lack of determination and courage to use one's intelligence without out being guided by another". Civilization capable of thinking for themselves, but just don't want to try to think for themselves. Locke was "the father of the enlightenment" and inspirational to many philosophers. The age of enlightenment was an intellectual movement that challenged order and the power of individuals to solve problems. John Locke was the "father of the enlightenment" and was very inspirational to the other philosophers. Locke was believed to guide many philosophers to changing the world in their own ways.