What do you know of liberalism of 17th and 18th centuries?

1.	What do you know of liberalism of 17th and 18th centuries?
Answer» Liberalism of 17th and 18th centuries was also called traditional or classical liberalism. This liberalism was of negative form. Despite giving emphasis on logic, repute, freedom and individualism, its main character was negative. In this doctrine, freedom was thought to be devoid of bondages and state was accepted a necessary evil. For the sake of capitalists, the state which intervened the least was regarded to be the best. It advocated free trade and right of wealth.

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