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''' Ben Franklin Ben was Born in 1706 and died in 1790, Ben Franklin was one of the premier philosophers in America as well as the world. His contributions included the finding of electricity, creation of modernized thinking, and much more. He also was a founder of the first Union in Philadelphia, the first hospital, the first library that gave out books, an education program for men who did not go to college, and a signer of the Declaration of independence. His writings even affected the Philosophes in Europe as well. His creations contributed to the learning of scientific thought, a process that led the world into a much better world. The invention of the scientific though was that people should think on the basis of facts and logic rather than only thinking about religion. People should look at how the world works, then decide based on the cons and pros of their action and create a thoughtful prediction for what their choice would make.

How he Relates to the Other Three Ben Franklin was in relation with the other three Philosophes in this presentation because they all were individual thinkers that had the same sort of ideas. They all liked how the political aspects of England were, they thought that bigotry was one of the worse offenses, and they all were founders of a new way of though. Ben Franklin actually met with Voltaire, who blessed his child when he went to France to talk about what he wanted to do with the World. This led to the meeting of two of the greatest thinkers of his time, and led to a discussion between them. This discussion was about how they should go about changing the way that the common man would think and predict the results of his actions to make a educated decision. this led to the first colaboraiton between the thinkers and they decided they must use the world's technologies and create a better place that was less dependent of religion an more on scientific thought.

Scientific Ben Franklin was an avid scientist that wanted to create a world that did not need oil lamps or things like that. he was a forward thinker that wanted to create those inovations himself. He wanted to create things that nobody had thought of, or things that everybody would want to have in their house. This led to him sacrificing his own body to find lighting and what it does to one's body, as well as him tinkering with other ideas for other scientists later on.

The Declaration of Independence  The signing of the Declaration of Independence was a big deal to most Americans, but Ben actually only played a small role in this. The only real contributions he made to the creation was to sign his name at the bottum. He did not change anything but wording, and he did not come up with any of the amendments him self. Because of this, it can still be called an accomplishment, but it is not the greatest acheivement in his life.

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