Answer: B. Enlightenment thinkers
Explanation: Religious authorities, kings, national leaders, as well as the Church itself, advocated the idea of absolutist rule, often based on the divine mandate that blessed by the church, or on the basis of a strong national feeling of individuals who also ruled absolutely on the cult of personality.
Unlike them, the Enlightenment thinkers have advocated a view on the natural rights of all, according to which everyone can equally participate in the election of the government and the possibility of dismissing the government if it does not work in the interest of the citizens.
