We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ina
lienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... Which Enlightenment thinker most directly influenced the notion expressed in this passage.
A: Thomas Hobbes
B: John Locke
C: Jacques Bossuet
D: Baron de Montesquieu
B. John Locke was the Enlightenment thinker who most directly influenced the notion expressed in the passage above from The Declaration of Independence. John Locke was a famous 17th century philosopher who advocated the idea that all men are equal, and who served as a major influence to Thomas Jefferson who drafted the declaration.
He was a nut case that had been in Congress for too long and had lost all considerations as being a conservative, for he had become a mild liberal in conservative clothing.
