John Lock, a universal thinker.

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…showed last 75 words of 1741 total…life, liberty, and property. As the Enlightenment spread his ideas became known and were applied for the benefits of the common person, not for the leaders. He in his writings constantly emphasized stressed the importance of freedom. He defended religious freedom, argued for a representative government, and in whole set the foundations of what government should be. Consequently, people in England and the United States can now protectively live a life practicing their natural rights.