Which Enlightenment thinker was heavily influenced by Epicurean ideas?
Immanuel Kant
David Hume
John Locke
George Berkeley
Answer
John Locke, a major Enlightenment thinker, was heavily influenced by Epicurean ideas. Epicurus' teachings also impacted other prominent figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Jeremy Bentham, and Karl Marx.
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