Initial Impressions
The
enlightenment period opened the door to many opportunities. I get the
impression that it was a chaotic time, however, during this time many things
took place that set the stage for the things we are so fortunate to enjoy
today.
The
expansion of literacy was extremely crucial to the advancements of the
movement. When the opportunity for education became available to the public,
those that had been oppressed for ages were able to (in a way) grasp a chunk of
that power, that in the past, only the rich would have. Thanks to that, in
today's world, even a poor person has the possibility to move up in society.
Generally, there are no laws or rules that would prohibit someone of poor
upbringing to take any position of power anymore.
Ideas
stemming from this time influenced our daily lives today. That idea, that every
human is capable of reasoning in order to mold their life as they see fit, is
one that we see in the constitution today. Even though, the constitution was
written a few hundred years ago, it still holds true in the depiction of the
21st century American way of life.
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