▁influ ential ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁Age ▁of ▁En light en ment , ▁and ▁understand ▁the ▁social , ▁economic , ▁technical , ▁educ ative , ▁political , ▁cultural , ▁and ▁religious ▁changes ▁that ▁were ▁being ▁prompt ed ▁by ▁the ▁new ▁ideas . ▁He ▁helped ▁to ▁promote ▁those ▁ideas ▁using ▁the ▁press ▁and ▁with ▁his ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁Cons ulate . ▁He ▁rejected ▁local ist ▁pers pect ives , ▁favour ing ▁a ▁Latin ▁American ist ▁one . ▁He ▁was ▁driven ▁by ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁common ▁good , ▁which ▁he ▁regarded ▁as ▁an ▁eth ical ▁value . ▁He ▁considered ▁public ▁health , ▁education , ▁and ▁work ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁common ▁good , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁religion . ▁He ▁did ▁not ▁share ▁completely ▁the ▁ideas ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution , ▁but ▁instead ▁the ▁temper ed ▁ones ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁En light en ment : ▁most ▁not ably , ▁he ▁remained ▁a ▁monarch ist ▁and ▁held ▁strong ▁religious ▁belief s , ▁being ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁and ▁a ▁dev ote e ▁of ▁Marian ▁the ology . ▁His ▁monarch ism ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁conserv ative ▁one , ▁as ▁he ▁agreed ▁that ▁the ▁existing ▁state ▁of ▁things ▁should ▁be ▁modified , ▁but ▁not ▁towards ▁a ▁republic ▁as ▁in ▁France ▁or ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁but ▁towards ▁a ▁constitution al ▁mon archy , ▁like ▁in ▁Britain . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁economic ▁fields , ▁he ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁principles ▁of ▁phys i ocracy , ▁an ▁economic ▁doctrine ▁that ▁considered ▁that ▁nature ▁was ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁wealth . ▁As ▁a ▁result ,