The Enlightenment: Hobbes versus Locke

<Tab/>The Enlightenment was an 18th century intellectual movement concentrated in France that had lasting repercussions throughout Europe and America. Questioning traditional doctrines and values marked the Enlightenment; there was a notable tendency towards individualism and emphasis on the ideas of human progress. Celebrated philosophes such as Francois-Marie Arouet also known as Voltaire (1694-1778) and the enigmatic Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) marked some of the intellectual catalysts for the new ideas and approaches to old customs that wore down institutionalized t…