In which periods of western history listed below did thinkers first express these ideas in written form

The Age of Enlightenment

Explanation:

The Age of Enlightenment was a period philosophical and intellectual movements. It is most popularly known as the Age of Reason or the Enlightenment period. This period showed the movement of reforms and intellects which dominated the world around 17th and 18th centuries.

This period first witnessed many powerful writers such as Voltaire, Locke and Rousseau who proclaimed the power of individual to enjoy the human rights. They argued the use of reason in solving problems and also believed in the progress of the man.

In this period, the Western people noted and expressed the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights in the written form.

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it was douglas macarthur..