The 18th c. was a time of great prosperity for Western Europe, and was the Apex of the Monarchical State, many influential writers spread their ideas during this time and created what is known as the Enlightenment period.
-The classicism of 17th c. warfare made the disruption of society due to war much smaller.
-Writers such as Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu and other philosophes were very influential in shaping public opinion.
-The prosperity of the time, enjoyed more lavishly than every by the nobility, afforded people to make great material improvements.
-The writings of Newton, Hobbes, Locke and Descartes were all highly revered and refined during this time.
-The cosmopolitan feeling held by the upper classes of numerous nations contributed greatly to Enlightenment thought.
-The balance of power was fairly equal, which allowed a number of nations advance ideas, without political and intellectual refinement being dominated by one force, or too fragmented.
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