Asher Group 5 Period 3 Synthesis Question

Enlightenment Synthesis

As technology and modernism approaches the enlightenment era, social hierarchies started to fade away into the darkness. Less people value the importance of elite family connection compared to the earlier time periods like renaissance and medieval, where it was important to the people in every aspect of their life. Many writers, artists, and philosophers in the Restoration Era thought it was consider to be hypocritical and criticize heavily on it.

Multiple philosophers criticize the family connection hierarchies in this age of reasoning expressed through their speeches, books and art works. John Locke was one of many famous philosophers during the era, his philosophy was based off the social contract, which it's a contract involves both government and the people. He believed humans are born good, but the state of nature force man to become selfish and evil through time. Locke heavily criticize on the social hierarchy in the previous time periods, he believed in the nature state all people were equal and independent. Everyone had equal amount of rights and had the natural rights to defend themselves. Famous quote said by John Locke, "All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions." Locke didn't believe in monarchy, he tried to advocate the idea separation of power within the government.

Greatest thinkers were born in the Age of Reasoning or the Enlightenment era, ideas were spreading within the society. People like John Locke really affect the society at the time and had a huge impact in the future.