Voiture was a reasonable man. He believed …show more content…
He believed that people were born good and equal. “... (W)e must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose [manage] of their possession and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature…” Also, that you are free but freedom always comes with a prices. He thinks that you have freedom but it sometimes comes with a consequence. “... for the society can never… lose the native [natural] and original right it has to preserve itself, which can only be done by a settled legislative, and a fair and impartial execution of the laws made by it.” John Locke idea on everyone is born good wasn't not a popular idea but he made people listen and understand. For this reason locke is the of the Age of …show more content…
She is powerful, wise, independent woman who stood up for women when nobody did. Wollstonecraft strongly believed that men and women are created equal. “To render [make] mankind more virtuous, and happier of course, both sexes must act from the same principle;...” She believed that to make men and women equal, women has to have the same education as a man does. “The most perfect education, in my opinion, is… to enables individual to attain such habits of virtue as will render [her] independent. In fact, it is a farce [joke] to call any being virtuous [worthy] whose [skills] do not result from the exercise of [her] own reason.” Mary Wollstonecraft is a powerful and independent that fought for women's rights.
The philosophers mentioned were wise, bold, and brave.They were a light at the end of the tunnel because they stood up for what they believed in and they made people listen and understand their reasoning. For example, some of these philosophers use a social contract to not cross the government but also they could let people know their ideas and views. All of these people had the sort of the same idea. The idea of natural rights. They all believed that everyone was free and that everyone could make their own