Hw # 8 Part 1

According to Hobbes, why would people want to live under the rule of an absolute monarch?
Its ideal because when its a rule under a kind the people are guaranteed rights.

What important documents reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas?

1. Reason Enlightened thinkers believed truth could be discovered
through reason or logical thinking. Reason, they said, was the
absence of intolerance, bigotry, or prejudice in one’s thinking.
2. Nature The philosophes referred to nature frequently. To them,
what was natural was also good and reasonable. They believed
that there were natural laws of economics and politics just as
there were natural laws of motion.
3. Happiness A person who lived by nature’s laws would find happiness,
the philosophes said. They were impatient with the
medieval notion that people should accept misery in this world to
find joy in the hereafter. The philosophes wanted well-being on
earth, and they believed it was possible.
4. Progress The philosophes were the first Europeans to believe in
progress for society. Now that people used a scientific approach,
they believed, society and humankind could be perfected.
5. Liberty The philosophes envied the liberties that the English
people had won in their Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights.
In France, there were many restrictions on speech, religion,
trade, and personal travel. Through reason, the philosophes
believed, society could be set free.

In your opinion, which are the two most important Enlightenment ideas? Support your answer with reasons.
1&3 I chose these because 1 is all based on reason because without reason there really cant be logic
and 3 because happiness is a must in life because without happiness you cant enjoy reason & life :D