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1. Adam Smith
Adam Smith was an enlightenment thinker. |
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Economist who thought free market should be allowed to regulate business
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Aristotle
Aristotle is a famous student of Plato. |
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one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers, his writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy
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Baron De Montesquieu
It is thanks to Baron De Montesquieu that our governmnet is the way it is today. |
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French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
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The Enlightenment
The enlightenmnet was a cultural revolution. |
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a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau also composed music
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Believed people in the natural state were basically good, but that they were corrupted by the evils of society, especially due to the unequal distribution of wealth
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John Locke
John Locke was one of the most famous enlightennet thinkers.
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Philosopher who thought people were basically reasonable and moral, and believed in natural rights
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Laissez Faire
Laissez Faire is helpufl for people who run buisnesses. |
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Allows business to operate with little or no government interference
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Philosophy
Philosophy was a major part of the enlightenment. |
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the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
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Plato
Plato is one of the most well known philosophers of all time. |
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ancient Athenian philosopher, most-famous student of Socrates, known for his ideal leaders "Philosopher-Kings"
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Social Contract
Many philosphers belived societ ran on a social contract. |
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The unwritten agreement between individuals and society in which individual rights are traded for overall order (decrease of chaos)
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Socrates
Socrates taught the famous philisopher Plato. |
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ancient Athenian philosopher, the "Socratic Method" is named for his process of questioning to discover answers
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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes had a lot of influnce on what our governmnet looks like today.
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English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
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Voltaire
Voltaire's real name was, François-Marie Arouet |
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French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment, defender of free speech
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