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  2. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] ... this was somewhat politically risky and pushed religious tolerance to new boundaries, ...

  3. A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain

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    A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain is a philosophical pamphlet by Benjamin Franklin, published in London in 1725 in response to The Religion of Nature Delineated. Arguments about human motivation

  4. American Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    Enlightened Founding Fathers, especially Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George Washington, fought for and eventually attained religious freedom for minority denominations. According to the Founding Fathers, the United States should be a country where peoples of all faiths could live in peace and mutual benefit.

  5. Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    For them, it stands for freedom of thought, rational inquiry, critical thinking, religious tolerance, political liberty, scientific achievement, the pursuit of happiness, and hope for the future." [ 145 ] Thomas adds that its detractors accuse it of shallow rationalism, naïve optimism, unrealistic universalism, and moral darkness.

  6. 45 Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Liberty, Wisdom and Integrity

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    Benjamin Franklin is one of America's most notable historical figures. In addition to being one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S., he was also a scientist, writer, diplomat and humorist.

  7. Edict of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    Edict of Versailles signed by Louis XVI in 1787, Archives nationales de France The Edict of Versailles, also known as the Edict of Tolerance, was an official act that gave non-Catholics in France the access to civil rights formerly denied to them, which included the right to contract marriages without having to convert to the Catholic faith, but it denied them political rights and public worship.

  8. Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of ...

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    Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. is a short essay written in 1751 by American polymath Benjamin Franklin. [1] It was circulated by Franklin in manuscript to his circle of friends, but in 1755 it was published as an addendum in a Boston pamphlet on another subject. [ 2 ]

  9. Religious tolerance - Wikipedia

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    Religious tolerance or religious toleration may signify "no more than forbearance and the permission given by the adherents ... Benjamin Franklin. ... Benjamin J. (2007).