With the decline of the influence of the Church, a parallel rise in a “literature of logic” grew in the Europe. Not only did this shun the somewhat “blind obedience” to doctrinal teachings of the earlier periods of European culture, it also allowed for exploration of the self and of the societal concerns regarding rights and governance. Explain this “new” explorative writing in no fewer than three paragraphs
–using properly-cited selections from the texts to substantiate your observations
