The best way to determine the authors point of view when researching for a thesis paper is to think of what he wanted to say by checking the whole paper and perhaps his recent history of publication. This will give you a good idea what did the author mean by some things he wrote.
Answer:most men had the cloths on their backs, their goats and sheep
Explanation:
The Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in 18th century Europe. The goal of the enlightenment was to establish an authoritative ethics, aesthetics, and knowledge based on an "enlightened" rationality. The movements leaders viewed themselves as a courageous elite body of intellectuals who were leading the world towards progress, out of a long period of irrationality, superstition. The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contribution. His political theory of government by the consent of the governed as a means to protect life, liberty and estate. His essay on religious tolerance provided an early model.
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