How did enlightenment thinkers approach the study of government?

Enlightenment thinkers approached the study of government using a secular view. Secular means that the business of state and religion are separated. For a long time before Enlightenment many people used religion as a means to base their political views on. Many countries were run by the church. Instead the thinkers valued logic and reason over any faith-based conclusion and began to make the shift.

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