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Name some important thinkers of Europe?

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Answered by Anonymous
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Descartes, John Locke, Thomas Paine, Leibniz, and Voltaire were also important, amongst others.

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There were several  thinkers of Europe who wrote their thoughts and impacted and transformed the mentality of people in the 18th century Europe, such as  Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Paine, and Voltaire were the important thinkers of Europe

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  • Jean Jacques Rouseseau: Jean-Jacques Rousseau  was a Genevan philosopher, composer and writer. The progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe and the development of modern political, economic and education thinking was influenced by his political philosophy
  • Thomas Paine: Thomas Paine was an English-born American  philosopher, political activist, revolutionary and a political theorist. At the beginning of the American Revolution, he authored the two most influential pamphlets and in 1776 inspired the patriots to declare independence from the UK. His ideas reflected the transnational human rights ideals of the Enlightenment era.
  • Voltaire: Voltaire was was a well-known French  historian,  philosopher, and  Enlightenment writer,. His criticism of Christianity, particularly of Roman Catholic Church, and his defense of the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion and separation of Church and State Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer who produced works, including plays, poetry, novels, essais and historic and science artworks, in almost every literary form.  Despite the risk it put him in under strict censorship laws at this time, he was an active supporter of civil liberties. He often used his work as a satirical polemicist to condemn his conservatism, religious dogma, and contemporary French institutions.

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