l be lost in darkness parison.”РThe SalonsРIn France, thinkers called philosophes (French for “philosophers”) championed the idea of reason in government.АPhilosophers often gathered in informal meetings, called salons. There they exchanged and debated ideas for hours.АMany salons anized by women. Gatherings like these helped to shape and spread the ideas of the Enlightenment.РEnlightenment and GovernmentРEnlightenment thinkers criticized accepted ideas about government. Some questioned the medieval belief in the divine right of kings [the idea that God chose a country’s king, and that the king got his authority from God.]АMany Enlightenment thinkers stressed individual rights that governments must respect.АEnlightenment thinkers also felt that people should have a say in their government.
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