How does the declaration rely on enlightenment thinking

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How does the Declaration rely on Enlightenment thinking? It also contains perhaps the most revolutionary sentence of the modern age, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." What did that sentence mean in the context of 1776? Who did it include/exclude, and what aspiration does it hold 248 years later?

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