The Long-lived Universal Effects of an                                              Enlightened Thinker                                    Written By Heidi M. Wilson         The Enlightenment was a period of intense intellectual ferment that lasted from approximately AD 1650 to 1789. The Enlightenment was a turning point in history that ushered in the contemporary age. It was a period when Europe emerged from the middle ages and the Modern Mind was born. The Enlightenment had many short and long term causes seen not only in Europe where the …showed first 75 words of 1741 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1741 total…life, liberty, and property. As the Enlightenment spread his ideas became known and were applied for the benefits of the common person, not for the leaders. He in his writings constantly emphasized stressed the importance of freedom. He defended religious freedom, argued for a representative government, and in whole set the foundations of what government should be. Consequently, people in England and the United States can now protectively live a life practicing their natural rights.