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-Believed that humans reach highest potential in organized society and gov.
-Favored system where king would rule fairly through guidance of philosophers. |
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-Powerful monarch who shared some power with Parliament
-Believed in "Divine Rights" |
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-All humans are naturally wicked
-Believes in absolute monarchy
-Thought gov. was created to protect people from their own selfishness. |
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Believed that people have the ability to reason and make good decisions if given the proper information.
-Believed gov. should be formedonly with aproval of the people they are governing. |
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-Absolute Monarch
-Believed in "Divine Rights"
-Most powerful ruler of his time |
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-Believed a monarchy with limited powers makes a country stable and secure.
-Established idea of "seperation of powers" |
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Argued that talent determines each person's proper role in society
-Believed that everyone should be educated to learn how to become a good citizen
-Ideal gov. would be ruled by a philosopher-king, chosen to rule for his intellegence. |
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-Believed that society had corrupted the natural goodness in people
-Argued that only through "direct democracy" can people's freedom be protected |
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-Argued for equal rights for women
-Women should participate equally with men in both home and civic life
-Women should have equal rights in education, business, and gov. |
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-The idea that rulers recieve their authority from God.
-Answerable only to God and not to the people (King Louis XIV) |
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| -Government should be divided or spread out among different branches of Government so that no individual or group could gain too much power and threaten liberty. |
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