Earlier philosophers whose work influenced the Enlightenment included Bacon, Descartes, Locke, and Spinoza. The major figures of the Enlightenment included Beccaria, Diderot, Hume,Kant, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Adam Smith, and Voltaire.
The Roman Church served to unify the west
Using the word "sinew" suggests that there are many components of what make peace work, and it implies that we as people must know how to be peaceful by cooperating with each other.
