Living in the twenty first century, being as lucky as we are now, we often look passed how we got here, and our history. A culmination of the past, has brought us to where we are today. More specifically, in the 17th and 18th century, The Enlightenment was a time where people questioned their individualism and forgot tradition and religion.
Society was questioning their existence, kings and queens were supposedly not royalty, everyone was an equal, questioning science and how we got to where we were. With these conflicts at hand, questioning individual equality it started the development of society which started political conflicts. David Hume said, “I think therefore I am” at this very time, society did not care about their work or their families, people were thinking about themselves and themselves only which is how the enlightenment began.
Today, our lives are not so different from back then. People are able to voice their opinions whenever they want to whomever they want to. During the enlightenment females wanted the same treatment as males, with time, so much has changed, but even today females are still having trouble voicing their opinions.
I believe that even today there is an enlightenment still happening. Donald Trump becoming president has put everyone in turmoil, with his ban on Muslims, it seems as if he is starting up another period of questioning individualism. Humanity is dividing as we know it, but I believe if we stick together and realize that society is always changing, we have to be the ones that need to realize it and acclimate to it.
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(Optimistic Oliver)