Enlightenment thinkers of the 17th century believed in applying reason to the natural world, while also supporting the ideas of democracy and

The correct answer is religious tolerance

Enlightenment authors believed that religious tolerance would produce not only mutual indulgence but also religious concord. Toleration was used as a way to achieve the desired unity. Locke for example easily combined concord, toleration, and exclusion. He trusted that toleration is a ladder that would lay the foundations of liberty and peace. He said: “Men will always differ on religious questions and rival parties will continue to quarrel and wage war on each other unless the establishment of equal liberty for all provides a bond of mutual charity by which all may be brought together into one body.”

answer: born in saint-dié, in the vosges department, france, he studied law, and was called to the bar at paris in 1854,[2] but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to le temps. he attacked the second french empire with great violence, directing his opposition especially against baron haussmann, prefect of the seine department. a series of his articles in le temps was later republished as the fantastic tales of haussmannlaxupa (1868).[2]

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