John Locke

What makes Locke different from a few previous authors is because Locke believes literature through enjoyment is the pursuit of knowledge. But he does not believe in figurative speech or speaking in rhetoric. Rather he thinks everything should be literal and have a direct connection between the symbol and the word. Locke also addresses the essence of an object explaining the essence is made by the mind and not by nature.

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke believed in the progression of change. He also believed in making the majority influence what direction the change will go into. He stresses the importance of having an imagination to have successful creative art. Burke also talks about things being the same within people. A good example is taste. Taste in all men is the same. Every single man tastes the same way however the difference is there are different preferences as to what is a good taste and what is bad.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Wollstonecraft lived a turbulent life. She began her writings with a memoir of the French Revolution but later became an advocate for the education of women. She discusses the possibility that women are inferior to men only because they are not as educated as them. She also proposes that there should be more equality in the schools. There should be no difference between public or private, class, or gender. So that everyone will learn to live with everyone.