Enlightenment Thinkers

History Essay Do you agree with the Enlightenment thinkers such as Ben Franklin that humans are basically good? The Scientific Revolution had led people looking for laws governing human behavior. The ideas of the Scientific Revolution paved the way for a new period called the Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason. This period took place in the eighteenth- century. This was the philosophical movement that emphasized the pursuit of knowledge through reason and …

…a few of them, notably, Locke and Rousseau, believed that people were capable of governing themselves. The others hardly had trust in humans. I find that John Locke is the most agreeable. He believes that neither humans were evil or good. The only difference is that I believe people do fall in certain categories individually. One can be good while the other standing next to him can be the total opposite, they can be evil.