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Essay Archive - The Enlightenment Writers
The Enlightenment Writers
The central ideas of the Enlightenment writers were similar to, yet very
different from, those of the writers of earlier periods. Four major
Enlightenment writers were Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson,
and Patrick Henry.
Their main purpose was to write to educate and edify and not so much as
to write for aesthetic purposes. Most of their work was designed to convey
truth or give sound instruction on such issues of political, social, or economic
interest as Benjamin Franklin's “The Way to Wealth.”
The writers of the Enlightenment ....
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