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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 or, better put, die Aufklarung
conveyed the ideas of....
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