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Select one of the following readings to discuss in your post. Leviathan by Hobbes of Civil Government by Locke "Declaration of Independence" by Jefferson Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind by Condorcet A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Wollstonecraft Introduce the reading (time, place, author, main ideas or themes) and discuss how this reading and the ideas it presents, makes it an "Enlightenment" text. How does the text you selected reflect the realities of the time and place in which it was written? How does it challenge ideas that came before it? How does it address themes of "progress," or "natural rights/natural law?' In what way(s) are the ideas presented in this text "challenged" by the realities during the era in which it was written Do not over cite sources. Make sure the majority of work is an original thought, citing is to support the ideas.    

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