In the Eighteenth century, the thinkers of society were philosophers, clergymen, merchants and politicians. They theorized and wrote about philosophy, science, theology, economics, and politics. Their theories and ideas were influential and had a great impact on social thought. These theories and ideas were controversial and revolutionary in the Eighteenth century. 

Here are the top ten thinkers of Eighteenth century society.

Top Ten
Walpole 
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
John Locke 
Thomas Jefferson 
Voltaire 
David Hume 
Thomas Paine 
Benjamin Franklin 
Edmund Burke 
Isaac Newton

Honorable Mention:
Adam Smith 
Leibnitz

Each of these people would revolutionize, and introduce modern thought in the Eighteenth century. Franklin and Newton were innovators of science, and mathematics. Hume, Paine, Burke, Locke, Walpole, Jefferson and Rousseau, would circumscribe new theories, facts and morals in politics and religion. Adam Smith wrote the blueprints for Eighteenth century economics.