English philosophers of the enlightenment age
Enlightenment philosophers
The Age of Enlightenment was a broad philosophical movement in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
When did the enlightenment start and end
Philosophers from the broad period in Western history known as the Age of Enlightenment.
What was the enlightenment period
Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher and scientist, was one of the key figures in the political debates of the Enlightenment period.
Why was the enlightenment important
The big five Enlightenment thinkers in terms of who inspired the most discussion were John Locke (natural rights and liberty), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (a fairer society), Adam Smith (founder of modern economics), Immanuel Kant (turned philosophy upside down), and Thomas Paine (called for revolution).