Voltaire
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Voltaire
Enlightened writer. Voltaire was concerned about the individual rights and civil liberties. He believed in natural rights of freedoms of speech, press, and religion. He was against widespread participation of government because most people were vastly uneducated. He didn't mind strong and powerful monarchy as long as the monarch was enlightened. He liked that enlightened monarchs would protect the individual rights and freedoms.