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Enlightenment thinkers did much to upend traditional social and political structures by publicly recognizing the worth of the individual never mind social class. Using the works we have read thus far, critique the thought processes that inspired these changes. Were all the changes good? Were there unforeseen consequences? We know that these works, in part, inspired both the American and French Revolutions. Was bloodshed the inevitable result of bestowing dignity and worth on the common man?