"The European Enlightenment developed in part due to an energetic group of French thinkers who thrived in the middle of the eighteenth century: the philosophes. This group was a heterogenous mix of people who pursued a variety of intellectual interests: scientific, mechanical, literary, philosophical, and sociological. They were united by a few common themes: an unwavering doubt in the perfectibility of human beings, a fierce desire to dispel erroneous systems of thought (such as religion) and a dedication to systematizing the various intellectual disciplines."
According to http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/PHIL.HTM, the european enlightenment was caused by a raudy crowd of philosophers. In my philosophy class many of these philosophers were know for what they said and argued with one another. They questioned the form of reality and appearances. many of their questions also involved what was needed to create life or how was life created. some philosophers of this time were great mathematicians because they were studying what other world exists outside of our own. they needed to be exactly correct in order to teach the followers that believed what they said.
This brought people to start riots and disagree with some of the things these philosophers stated. Although they had many followers and their data was correct on how they would present it, things just didnt make sense to a lot of people. it changed their perception on how to view things. it made sense to have someone lead their country and as time went by government was created.
-----Janize Maldonado-----
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