<Tab/>The Enlightenment was an 18th century intellectual movement concentrated in France that had lasting repercussions throughout Europe and America. Questioning traditional doctrines and values marked the Enlightenment; there was a notable tendency towards individualism and emphasis on the ideas of human progress. Celebrated philosophes such as Francois-Marie Arouet also known as Voltaire (1694-1778) and the enigmatic Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) marked some of the intellectual catalysts for the new ideas and …
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…repressed by the power of the king. In "Leviathan" Hobbes speculated that "whatever the state does is just by definition and all of society is a direct creation of the state and a reflection of the will of the ruler". Hobbes was in agreement with Locke that government should be secular, but Hobbes thought that instead of a constitutional monarchy, government should be ruled by a more authoritative absolute monarchy. <Tab/>