In today's world we have freedom of speech. We take that to grant and if and if we would’ve been in the olden days we would get our heads cut off because they didn't have the right of freedom of speech.In the late 17th and 18th centuries, europe philoshers explored ideas on how to imporve the world socity. The enlightenment was about equal rights, the philosophers influenced the enlightenment in the 17th century were John Locke, adam Smith, Voltaire, and Mary Wollstonecraft. The philosophers had their own opinion about equal rights. The enlightenment philosophers in their articles they talked about what life would be like with freedom to government, religion, economics, and gender equality. John Locke argued the everyone should have an individual
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“If one religion only were allowed in England, the government would very possibly became arbitrary{unrestrained}; if there were but two, the people would cut one another’s throats; but as there are such multitude, they all live happy and in peace”. They had no freedom, now and days we are friends with people from a different religion. Adam Smith fought for freedom of economics in his article “the wealth of nations”.”As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much as he can both to employ his capital {money}in the support of… industry, and so to direct that industry that is produce may be of the greatest value”. As in at this time all the philosophers talk for us to have freedom, Individual, to have our own power. In the 18th century Mary Wollstonecraft wanted to bring freedom for gender qualities, in the article he wrote “vindication of the rights of woman”. “...both sexes must act from the same principle;...woman must be allowed to found their virtue on knowledge, which is scarcely possible unless they be educated by the same pursuits [studies]as men. For they are now made so inferior by ignorance and low desires, as not to deserve to be ranked with them..”. Wollstonecraft was saying that in in her days they didn’t have any right and she was trying to change that because all humans should be
“If one religion only were allowed in England, the government would very possibly became arbitrary{unrestrained}; if there were but two, the people would cut one another’s throats; but as there are such multitude, they all live happy and in peace”. They had no freedom, now and days we are friends with people from a different religion. Adam Smith fought for freedom of economics in his article “the wealth of nations”.”As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much as he can both to employ his capital {money}in the support of… industry, and so to direct that industry that is produce may be of the greatest value”. As in at this time all the philosophers talk for us to have freedom, Individual, to have our own power. In the 18th century Mary Wollstonecraft wanted to bring freedom for gender qualities, in the article he wrote “vindication of the rights of woman”. “...both sexes must act from the same principle;...woman must be allowed to found their virtue on knowledge, which is scarcely possible unless they be educated by the same pursuits [studies]as men. For they are now made so inferior by ignorance and low desires, as not to deserve to be ranked with them..”. Wollstonecraft was saying that in in her days they didn’t have any right and she was trying to change that because all humans should be