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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by brigandish on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:22AM (#33353880)
It's a version of the English Bill of Rights 1689 so I'm not sure where you get the idea it's version one as the 1689 one wasn't even version one for England.
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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by HaZeust on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:17AM (#33354276)
1689 was only 4 years into Enlightenment, and the collective recognition of "personal rights" that is most-often cited as the Enlightenments greatest achievement also just happens to be a fundamental aspect of 1789 Constitution - and ALL Constitutions moving forward.

THAT'S where the "V.1" honor comes from.

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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by brigandish on Thursday October 27, 2022 @07:41AM (#33356109)
Aside from it being utterly irrelevant when the Enlightenment started as to whether the Bill of Rights 1689 was a precursor to the 1789 ones, how does John Locke fit into that choice of start date for the Enlightenment?
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