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The central values of liberalism are freedom and eccentricity. They stand against the coercive intervention of any kind of interference in any kind of life, whether moral or religious, social or political. In middle ages, the economy was based on agriculture and the feudal lords used to subjugate farmers. In the eighteenth century, there were industrialists emerged who illicit the economy, and progressively tried to control the politics of the country. This wealthy class opposed all laws that restricted the accumulation of wealth. Gradually it was accepted that there should be no restriction in the economic affairs of an individual’s life. The modern ages started with renaissance and reformation.
Some reformers like Martin Luther and Calvin opposed the religious preeminence of the Pope. Philosophers like Locke, Mill, and Spencer and Green Opposed the absolute power of the absolute monarchy in Europe. They emphasized individual freedom and paved the way for liberalism. The most important source of the enlargement of the philosophy of liberalism was the philosophical ideas of different thinkers of this age.