Influenced by Enlightenment philosophers such as Locke and Addison, Thomas Jefferson attributed much of his political ideology to these great thinkers. Truth, according to Jefferson could only be discovered by means of nature or reason. The following quotation given by Jefferson in a letter to his nephew:
"Shake off all the fears & servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
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